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PDF basics
What a PDF actually is, why they get large, and what you can do to their pages.
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What is a PDF file?
PDF stands for Portable Document Format. It is a file that keeps its exact layout - fonts, spacing, images, page size - identical on every device and printer, unlike a Word document, which can reflow differently depending on what opens it.
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Why is my PDF so large?
Almost always, it's the images. Real text and vector graphics take up almost no space; a page that is actually a high-resolution photo or scan can be several megabytes on its own. Upload your PDF to the compressor, choose a compression level, and download the smaller file.
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What can you do to the pages inside a PDF?
Five separate jobs get called "editing PDF pages": reordering, rotating, deleting, extracting a subset, and merging pages from other files. Each has its own tool, and the board-style page organiser can do the first three at once.