Optimize & repair PDFs
Compress, repair and flatten PDF files. Why scans get huge, what compression actually changes, and how to rescue a damaged document.
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Compress a PDF: Which Setting Actually Shrinks It
Compression is mostly image compression. The setting that moves the file size is the resolution, and the quality level decides how much detail survives at that size.
Optimize & RepairHow to Reduce PDF File Size Without Losing Quality
A 40 MB scan is almost always a pile of full-page images wearing a PDF costume. Once you know where the weight lives, compression stops being a gamble and becomes a setting you choose.
Optimize & RepairFlatten a PDF: Freeze Forms and Annotations
A filled form that renders differently in every viewer is not finished. Flattening commits the appearance to the page.
Optimize & RepairFlatten a PDF: Forms Only or the Whole Page?
Flattening is two different jobs under one button: freeze the fields, or turn every page into a picture. The second is much more final.
Optimize & RepairRepair a PDF That Will Not Open
A file that will not open is not always a lost file. Repair rebuilds the structure page by page.
Optimize & RepairPDF Repair: What Comes Back and What Never Will
A PDF that will not open is often complete except for its index. Repair reconstructs the index, not the missing content.