Portable document format (PDF) files remain a popular choice for business documents ranging from contracts and forms to manuals and reports, so there's a good chance you need to open them often.

Do you have multiple PDFs you need to merge into one? Making one PDF out of many is easier than you might think on both Windows PCs and Macs. Here's how to do it on each platform. I've been writing ...

The Apple iPad tablet computer offers native support for Portable Document Format files. Though the devices can open and display PDF files using applications installed at the factory, some users may ...

Gimp is normally used to create or manipulate images files, but can also work with PDFs if you understand how it works and what it's limits are. If you’ve never used Gimp—a free image editor available ...

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Quite a few apps, including some free ones, turn your PDFs into editable Word docs or image files that you can embed. It's easier than you may think. I've been writing about software and hardware for ...

Use Preview: Open the PDF in Preview, click File > Export, select “Reduce File Size” under Quartz Filter, and save. Use ColorSync Utility: Open the PDF in ColorSync Utility, click File > Export, ...

If you ever find yourself with the need to combine several PDFs into one single file, you may be immediately frustrated: It's not immediately obvious how to achieve what you're trying to do. Luckily, ...

Adobe Acrobat Reader is many users’ favorite PDF reader, and it’s been around for many years. However, it’s not without its fair share of issues. These problems ...

PDFs remain a common way to share documents because they preserve formatting across devices and platforms. Sometimes, however, you end up with several separate PDFs that would be easier to handle as a ...