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Free PDF, image and document tools that stay on your device. en Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://stayputtools.com/guides/reduce-pdf-file-size/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/reduce-pdf-file-size/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Five practical ways to make a PDF smaller for email and upload forms, and how to choose the right one for your file. https://stayputtools.com/guides/compress-photo-for-online-forms/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/compress-photo-for-online-forms/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A simple step-by-step way to get a photo or signature under a strict size limit without making it unreadable. https://stayputtools.com/guides/jpg-vs-png-vs-webp/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/jpg-vs-png-vs-webp/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A plain-English comparison of JPG, PNG and WebP: quality, file size, transparency and compatibility, and when to pick each. https://stayputtools.com/guides/how-to-merge-pdf-files/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/how-to-merge-pdf-files/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT A short guide to combining several PDFs into one: getting the order right, fixing sideways pages, and avoiding the common problems. https://stayputtools.com/guides/compress-pdf-to-a-specific-size/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/compress-pdf-to-a-specific-size/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT How to get a PDF under a size limit such as 100 KB, 500 KB or 1 MB: what works, what it costs in quality, and what to do if it will not fit. https://stayputtools.com/guides/resize-photo-for-online-forms/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/resize-photo-for-online-forms/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Forms ask for photos in pixels, kilobytes or centimetres. Here is what each means, how to convert between them, and the order to do things in. https://stayputtools.com/guides/are-online-pdf-tools-safe/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/are-online-pdf-tools-safe/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Many free PDF sites upload your document to a server. Here is how to tell which ones do, and how tools that run in your browser keep files private. https://stayputtools.com/guides/convert-webp-to-jpg/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/convert-webp-to-jpg/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Why pictures you save from websites turn out as WebP, why some apps and forms reject them, and how to convert them to JPG or PNG in seconds. https://stayputtools.com/guides/convert-word-to-pdf-keep-fonts/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/convert-word-to-pdf-keep-fonts/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Why fonts and spacing sometimes shift when a Word file becomes a PDF, what to check first, and how to get a PDF that looks like the document. https://stayputtools.com/guides/convert-pdf-to-editable-word/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/convert-pdf-to-editable-word/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT What a PDF to Word conversion can and cannot do, why scanned PDFs are different, and how to get the cleanest result you can edit. https://stayputtools.com/guides/password-protect-and-unlock-pdf/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/password-protect-and-unlock-pdf/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT What a PDF password actually protects, how to add or remove one safely, and how to choose a password you will not lose. https://stayputtools.com/guides/convert-pdf-table-to-excel/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/convert-pdf-table-to-excel/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Get the rows of a PDF statement, invoice or report into a spreadsheet you can sort and add up, and what to check so the numbers are right. https://stayputtools.com/guides/how-to-sign-a-pdf/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/how-to-sign-a-pdf/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Fill in a form and sign it on your phone or computer: how to make a signature that looks real, where to put it, and what kind of signature a form accepts. https://stayputtools.com/guides/scan-documents-with-your-phone/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/scan-documents-with-your-phone/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Get a clean, straight scan of a form or certificate from a phone photo: how to take the picture, fix the corners, and save a PDF that is small enough to upload. https://stayputtools.com/guides/rearrange-pdf-pages/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/rearrange-pdf-pages/ Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Put the pages of a PDF in the right order, turn sideways pages, remove blank or private ones, and make sure the removed pages are really gone. https://stayputtools.com/guides/black-out-text-in-a-pdf/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/black-out-text-in-a-pdf/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A black box over text only hides it. How to remove names, numbers and other private details from a PDF for good, and how to check that it worked. https://stayputtools.com/guides/edit-a-pdf-add-text-and-fix-mistakes/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/edit-a-pdf-add-text-and-fix-mistakes/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Fill in a form, correct a wrong date, add a logo or mark up a document with arrows and highlights: what a PDF editor in your browser can and cannot change. https://stayputtools.com/guides/make-a-scanned-pdf-searchable/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/make-a-scanned-pdf-searchable/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A scan is only a picture of text. How OCR turns it into a PDF you can search, select and copy from, which languages work, and how to get an accurate result. https://stayputtools.com/guides/extract-text-from-an-image/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/extract-text-from-an-image/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Get the words out of a photo, a screenshot or a scan, in English, Hindi and other languages: how it works, how to get an accurate result, and what to check. https://stayputtools.com/guides/compare-two-pdf-files/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/compare-two-pdf-files/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A contract or report came back changed. How to see exactly which words were added, removed or changed between two PDFs, and what to check besides the text. https://stayputtools.com/guides/convert-heic-to-jpg/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/convert-heic-to-jpg/ Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Why an iPhone photo will not open or upload, how to turn HEIC into JPG on any device, and how to make your iPhone save JPG from now on. https://stayputtools.com/guides/make-a-upi-qr-code/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/make-a-upi-qr-code/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Make a QR code from your UPI ID that any UPI app can scan: with or without an amount, how to print it, and how to check that it works before customers use it. https://stayputtools.com/guides/share-wifi-with-a-qr-code/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/share-wifi-with-a-qr-code/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Let guests join your Wi-Fi by scanning a QR code instead of typing a long password: how to make it, how phones scan it, and where to put it. https://stayputtools.com/guides/mask-aadhaar-before-sharing/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/mask-aadhaar-before-sharing/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Hide the first 8 digits of your Aadhaar and its QR code before you send a copy to a hotel, a college or an online form, and what to check before you send it. https://stayputtools.com/guides/make-passport-size-photos-at-home/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/make-passport-size-photos-at-home/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Take a good portrait with a phone, cut it to a passport size, and print a whole sheet of copies yourself. Step by step, with the mistakes to avoid. https://stayputtools.com/guides/exam-form-photo-and-signature-size/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/exam-form-photo-and-signature-size/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT How to read the photo and signature rules in a form notice, and how to meet them with a resize and a compress: a method that works for any form. https://stayputtools.com/guides/remove-location-from-photos/ https://stayputtools.com/guides/remove-location-from-photos/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT What a phone photo quietly carries (the place, the time, the phone), when that matters, how to remove it, and how to stop your camera saving it.