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CalcHub Tools6h ago · 4 min read

Merge, split and rotate PDFs entirely in the browser with pdf-lib

"Merge these three PDFs" is one of the most common office tasks, and most online tools handle it by uploading your documents to someone else's server. For contracts, payslips or medical forms, that's

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pdfserviceexperts23h ago · 1 min read

How to Design Fillable PDF Forms for US, UK and Australian Workflows

A well-designed form should be easy to scan, complete, and review. Regional details matter: dates, telephone formats, postcodes, and field labels should match the reader's expectations. Start with a

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Rupesh1d ago · 3 min read

What's Actually Inside a 4 MB PDF (and Why "Compress" Sometimes Can't Fix It)

A three-page scanned document shouldn't weigh 4 MB. When it does, the reason is almost never the text. This post looks at what takes up space inside a PDF, which parts compression can shrink, and whic

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anders lee1d ago · 4 min read

A 180-page reference site for the price of a domain (Astro + Cloudflare Workers)

I built steelweight-calculator.com, a reference site for steel section weights: one page per beam, channel and angle, weight charts, pipe schedules, rebar and sheet gauges, plus calculators. It has ab

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PDF4me1d ago · 8 min read

Turning a Live Web Page Into a PDF via API, Not Just a Block of HTML

Somebody asks for "a PDF of that page." Maybe it's a terms-of-service page you need to archive with a timestamp, a live dashboard a client wants in their inbox, or a product page that needs to land in

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PDFGym1d ago · 8 min read

How to redact a PDF

Originally published at PDFGym. Redacting a PDF means deleting the marked content, not drawing over it. Mark every private region, rebuild each affected page, keep only the unmarked text you still nee

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2645149786-dotcom2d ago · 9 min read

PDF to Word: How to Check Editability, Tables, and Layout Before You Share

A PDF-to-Word conversion is useful when the text you need is editable and the document still communicates the right information. A familiar-looking preview is only the first check. Test the actual DOC

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2645149786-dotcom2d ago · 7 min read

Build a Client Handoff PDF from Photos, Screenshots, and Existing Documents

A useful handoff package answers three questions: what is this, what should I review, and what should I do next? You can assemble one from images and existing PDFs with two browser tools: Image to PDF

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Aqsam Husnain2d ago · 3 min read

Engineering Lossless PDF Compression: Vector Preservation vs. Raster Downsampling

Every developer and remote worker eventually runs into annoying document size caps. Maybe a 15 MB PDF portfolio gets rejected by a 5 MB applicant tracking system (ATS), a 30 MB slide deck gets blocked

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Damiano Bianda2d ago · 6 min read

Your PDF says AES-256. The key had 9 bits of entropy

Open a password-protected PDF and the properties dialog will proudly tell you the document is secured with AES-256. That number describes the cipher. It says nothing about the key. This week, Rick de

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