[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":212},["ShallowReactive",2],{"tool-content-en-pdf-toolkit":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":202,"extension":203,"locale":204,"meta":205,"navigation":206,"path":207,"seo":208,"stem":209,"toolId":210,"__hash__":211},"tools\u002Ftools\u002Fen\u002Fpdf-toolkit.md","PDF Toolkit - Merge, Split & Compress",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":185},"minimark",[9,14,18,22,43,47,50,84,87,91,94,108,111,115,145,149,152,156,161,164,168,171,175,178,182],[10,11,13],"h2",{"id":12},"what-does-this-pdf-toolkit-do","What does this PDF toolkit do?",[15,16,17],"p",{},"This tool handles the three most common PDF chores in one place: joining several\ndocuments into one, splitting a document into parts, and reducing file size. Add\nfiles to the queue, pick a tab, adjust the options, and download the result.\nEverything runs inside your browser tab, so your documents never leave your\ndevice.",[10,19,21],{"id":20},"merging-pdfs","Merging PDFs",[15,23,24,25,29,30,33,34,37,38,42],{},"Drop two or more files into the queue and reorder them by dragging a row, or use\nthe ",[26,27,28],"strong",{},"Move up"," and ",[26,31,32],{},"Move down"," buttons on each row for keyboard and touch\naccess. The queue order is the exact page order of the merged file. Press\n",[26,35,36],{},"Merge PDFs"," and a single ",[39,40,41],"code",{},"merged.pdf"," is produced.",[10,44,46],{"id":45},"splitting-a-pdf","Splitting a PDF",[15,48,49],{},"Select the file you want to divide, then choose how:",[51,52,53,60,66],"ul",{},[54,55,56,59],"li",{},[26,57,58],{},"One file per page"," creates a separate PDF for every page.",[54,61,62,65],{},[26,63,64],{},"Every N pages"," cuts the document into chunks of a fixed size.",[54,67,68,71,72,75,76,79,80,83],{},[26,69,70],{},"Custom ranges"," follows a page expression such as ",[39,73,74],{},"1-3, 5, 8-",". Each\ncomma-separated part becomes its own file. ",[39,77,78],{},"8-"," means \"page 8 to the end\" and\n",[39,81,82],{},"-3"," means \"page 1 to page 3\".",[15,85,86],{},"The preview lists the files that will be created before you commit, and a\nmulti-file result is offered as a single ZIP download.",[10,88,90],{"id":89},"compressing-a-pdf","Compressing a PDF",[15,92,93],{},"Compression has two independent parts:",[51,95,96,102],{},[54,97,98,101],{},[26,99,100],{},"Remove metadata"," deletes the document information dictionary and any XMP\nmetadata stream.",[54,103,104,107],{},[26,105,106],{},"Re-encode embedded images"," finds JPEG images inside the PDF, optionally\ndownscales them to a maximum edge, and re-encodes them at the quality you\nchoose. An image is only replaced when the new version is genuinely smaller,\nso the output never grows because of re-encoding.",[15,109,110],{},"Text, vector graphics, and everything that is not a plain 8-bit RGB or grayscale\nJPEG image are left untouched. Images that cannot be safely re-encoded — CMYK or\nindexed color, soft masks, or non-JPEG encodings such as Flate — are skipped and\ncounted in the result, so you always know what happened.",[10,112,114],{"id":113},"how-to-use-it","How to use it",[116,117,118,121,124,139,142],"ol",{},[54,119,120],{},"Drop PDF files onto the upload area or click to browse.",[54,122,123],{},"Wait for each row to show its page count.",[54,125,126,127,130,131,134,135,138],{},"Choose ",[26,128,129],{},"Merge",", ",[26,132,133],{},"Split",", or ",[26,136,137],{},"Compress"," and configure the options.",[54,140,141],{},"Run the operation and watch the progress bar.",[54,143,144],{},"Download the files individually or grab them all as a ZIP.",[10,146,148],{"id":147},"privacy-and-security","Privacy and security",[15,150,151],{},"Files are read, parsed, and rewritten entirely in your browser using JavaScript\nand a Web Worker. Nothing is uploaded to a server, no URL parameters are\nwritten, and nothing is retained after you close the page. Encrypted PDFs are\ndetected and refused rather than silently producing an empty document.",[10,153,155],{"id":154},"faq","FAQ",[157,158,160],"h3",{"id":159},"why-did-my-pdf-barely-shrink","Why did my PDF barely shrink?",[15,162,163],{},"Most of a PDF's size is usually in its images. If a document is mostly text, or\nits images are already heavily compressed, there is little left to remove and the\nlossless cleanup only saves a few percent. The result panel shows the exact\nbefore and after sizes.",[157,165,167],{"id":166},"will-compression-reduce-the-quality-of-my-text","Will compression reduce the quality of my text?",[15,169,170],{},"No. Text and vector content are copied byte for byte. Only embedded JPEG images\nare re-encoded, and only when the result is smaller.",[157,172,174],{"id":173},"can-i-merge-password-protected-pdfs","Can I merge password-protected PDFs?",[15,176,177],{},"No. Encrypted documents are flagged in the queue and excluded from every\noperation. Remove the password in a PDF reader first, then try again.",[157,179,181],{"id":180},"is-there-a-file-size-limit","Is there a file size limit?",[15,183,184],{},"The practical limit is your device memory, because all processing happens\nlocally. Large documents are handled in a Web Worker so the page stays\nresponsive, and every long operation can be cancelled.",{"title":186,"searchDepth":187,"depth":187,"links":188},"",2,[189,190,191,192,193,194,195],{"id":12,"depth":187,"text":13},{"id":20,"depth":187,"text":21},{"id":45,"depth":187,"text":46},{"id":89,"depth":187,"text":90},{"id":113,"depth":187,"text":114},{"id":147,"depth":187,"text":148},{"id":154,"depth":187,"text":155,"children":196},[197,199,200,201],{"id":159,"depth":198,"text":160},3,{"id":166,"depth":198,"text":167},{"id":173,"depth":198,"text":174},{"id":180,"depth":198,"text":181},"Merge, split, and compress PDF files in your browser. Reorder pages, extract ranges, and shrink embedded images locally with no upload.","md","en",{},true,"\u002Ftools\u002Fen\u002Fpdf-toolkit",{"title":5,"description":202},"tools\u002Fen\u002Fpdf-toolkit","pdf-toolkit","kvRpeMTSkTr2F8tgi9DuEhE_YGHD4_IuIzfzg2iHyzo",1792391419780]