About the author
Zahid Sheeraz
Founder, Zashify
Building browser-based file tools that never ask you to upload a document. Zashify exists because sending a private file to a stranger's server should not be the price of a quick edit.
More guides
- How to Convert a PDF to Word (and What You Cannot Fix Afterwards)
A PDF is a picture of a page. A Word file is a document you can edit. Here is what happens in between, and how to get a clean result.
- How to Merge PDF Files in the Right Order
Merging is technically trivial. Deciding the order, checking the page sizes and putting the file back together without uploading it is the actual work.
- How to Split a PDF into Separate Files
Sometimes you need page 14 of a report and nothing else. Here is how to pull exactly the pages you want out of a PDF.
- PDF to JPG or JPG to PDF: Which Way Round, and Why the File Grows
One of these two conversions is what you actually want - and it is the one that most people pick the wrong way round. Here is how to tell.
- QR Code Error Correction Explained: What L, M, Q and H Actually Do
The four letters on a QR generator decide whether your code scans in the rain or not. Here is what each one buys you, and how to choose.
- How to Count Words, Characters and Reading Time
How long is your text really? What counts as a word, which limit each count answers, and where the usual character limits actually sit.
- Why Is My PDF So Big? 8 Reasons and How to Fix Each One
A tiny document can produce a huge PDF. Scans, embedded fonts and high-resolution images are usually to blame - here is how to find the culprit and shrink the file.