Like the GIF (that's Graphics Interchange Format), the PDF (Portable Document Format) has survived and flourished through the digital age. That's partly because of its versatility: It's the go-to ...

It's a common need to want to save and export a Microsoft Word document as a different file type. Fortunately, you can use Microsoft Word to export documents in a variety of file types, including PDF.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Nowadays, many people prefer digital books over their physical copies, and for good reason. Digital books don't take up space in your bag or ...

You can crop a PDF on your Windows computer for free using the cropping tool, without having to purchase Adobe Acrobat.

Apple Pages, like Microsoft Word, is a full-featured document creation tool. Because you can use it for free on macOS, iOS, and iPadOS, this makes it a solid choice for creating reports, contracts, ...

To search a PDF on your Mac for a specific word or phrase, you can use the search function in the built-in Preview app.

PDFs were designed to be a universal, easy-to-read document format, and they serve that purpose well. If you have a collection of images—say, documents you scanned into your computer as JPEGs—you can ...

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