Optimize PDF tools

Make files smaller, cleaner and easier to read — compress heavy documents, repair broken ones and turn scans into searchable text.

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The file is too large to send: Compress PDF
The text is there but you cannot select or search it: OCR PDF
The file will not open properly: Repair PDF
The document has to meet accessibility rules: Check PDF accessibility

Validate PDF/A

Find out why an archive submission was rejected.

Compress PDF

Make a heavy file small enough to email, without wrecking it.

Remove blank pages

Find and drop blank backs from a scan — by measuring ink coverage.

Check PDF accessibility

See whether a PDF meets accessibility rules.

Fix PDF accessibility

Tag the document so a screen reader can follow it.

PDF reading order editor

See the order a screen reader follows, fix it, and set headings, lists, image descriptions and page furniture.

Is my PDF scanned?

Find out whether a PDF has real text or is just a picture of one — before you run OCR.

Print check

Find out why a print shop would reject your PDF — before you send it.

OCR PDF

Make a scanned PDF searchable.

Repair PDF

Try to recover a file that will not open.

Deskew scans

Straighten pages that came out crooked from the scanner.

Grayscale PDF

Drop the color to shrink the file and cut printing cost.

Clean up a scan

Remove shadows and yellow light from a photographed or scanned document.

Optimize PDF for web

Restructure the file so the first page shows before the rest downloads.