PDF Tools: Where to Start

The PDF tools measure your file before it goes to print, edit its pages when needed, and impose it onto sheets. Most work happens in your browser: your file does not leave your device, no account is needed, and it is free.

What do you want to do?

Three rules that apply to every tool

1. Your original file is always kept. If a tool changes your file, it hands you the result as a new file; the file you uploaded stays exactly as it was.
2. We never show something we could not measure as "passed". If a check could not be done on this file, the result is Could not be evaluated, and the report does not hide it.
3. We never touch the inside of your file silently. We do not convert colours, flatten transparency, convert or embed fonts, or generate trapping; that is the RIP's job. We do perform page operations such as rotating, cropping, scaling, adding bleed and imposition, but every change is recorded in the report, and apart from removing active content (always done on the copy) every change is your choice.

Your first 5 minutes

1. Open the preflight tool and drop in a PDF you have at hand (detailed steps).
2. Read the result line. If it is not Ready, find out why from the findings (guide to reading results).
3. If the file is a booklet, a book or a multi-up job, move on to imposition (first imposition).
4. If something needs fixing, open the file in Studio (Studio guide).

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