PDF Tool FAQ

Yes. Merge PDF is completely free, with no watermark and no account. The site is supported by ads, not by charging for features.

No. The files are read from your device and merged inside your browser. They are never sent to PDFMasala or anyone else, so the tool is safe for private papers such as bank statements or ID documents.

There is no fixed limit. Because the work is done by your device, very large or very many files depend on your device memory. On a phone it is best to merge in smaller batches.

Yes. Each file has its own page choice, so you can keep all pages or type a range such as 1-3, 5. Only the chosen pages go into the new PDF.

No. Pages are copied as they are, so text stays sharp and searchable and pictures keep their quality. If the result is too large to email, use Compress PDF afterwards.

A PDF that needs a password to open cannot be read until it is unlocked. Open it in the app that made it, save a copy without the password, and then merge it.

Choose "Select Pages", tick the page you want and press Split. You get a new PDF that contains only that page, and the original file is not changed.

Yes. Use "Fixed Ranges" and set the number of pages per file. For example, a 10-page PDF split every 2 pages gives 5 files.

It searches the words on each page. You can either gather all pages that contain your text into one PDF, or begin a new PDF each time the text appears, which is handy for splitting combined invoices or statements.

No. PDFMasala reads and splits the file inside your browser. Nothing is sent to a server, and the page can even keep working if you go offline after it has loaded.

No. Pages are copied without being re-compressed, so text and images look exactly as they did in the original PDF.

When a split produces more than one PDF, the files are bundled into one ZIP so your browser downloads them at once. Open the ZIP to get the individual PDFs.

It depends on what is inside. Scanned pages and photos often shrink a lot, sometimes by 70 to 90 percent. A PDF that is mostly plain text is already small and may only shrink a little.

Choose "Keep Text Sharp" to protect readability. The preview lets you zoom in and check the result before you download, so you only save a file you are happy with.

Yes. Set a target size and the tool tries to reach it. If the target is very small for the content, the estimate shows how close it can get.

With PDFMasala, yes. The file never leaves your device: it is compressed by your browser, not on a server, so nobody else can see it.

Some PDFs contain mostly text and vector drawings, which are already efficient. Try grayscale, a lower quality level, or removing pages you do not need.

No. A new, smaller PDF is downloaded and your original file stays exactly as it was.

Open the PDF in Organize PDF and drag each page to its new place in the grid. When the order is right, download the new PDF.

Yes. Select the page and use rotate. Only the selected pages turn, and the rest of the document is left as it is.

No. Pages are moved and turned without being re-compressed, so the content keeps its original quality.

Yes. Add up to five PDFs, drag their pages into one order, or use the New PDF palette to collect pages from any of them into a separate file.

No. The pages are drawn and arranged in your browser, and the new PDF is created on your device.

Yes. Use "Open in Editor" to take the arranged PDF straight to Editor & Sign, where you can add text, highlights and a signature.

You can cover existing text with whiteout and type new text on top, which gives the same result for most forms and letters. The new text can be styled to match.

Open the PDF, go to Advanced Tools and create your signature by drawing it. Place it on the page, resize it, and save the PDF. There is no account and no cost.

A drawn signature is accepted for many everyday documents, but rules differ by country and by document type. For contracts that need a certified digital signature, check what the receiver requires.

No. The editor runs in your browser, so the file stays on your device the whole time.

Yes. Use the undo and redo buttons, or remove any single change from the Applied Edits list.

Yes. The editor works in mobile browsers. On a small screen, swipe the toolbar sideways to reach every tool, and pinch to zoom the page.

Choose your PDF, type the watermark text, set the look you want and download. There is no account, no cost and no PDFMasala logo added to your file.

Yes. Leave the watermark option unticked and only tick page numbering.

Not if you keep the opacity low. A faint watermark of around 20 to 30 percent opacity is easy to see but lets the page be read normally.

The watermark is drawn into each page of the new PDF, so it cannot simply be switched off. Keep your original file if you might need a clean copy.

Yes. The watermark is added by your browser and the file is never uploaded.

Modern Word documents in .docx format. If you have an older .doc file, open it in Word or another editor and save it as .docx first.

Most documents look the same. Very complex layouts, unusual fonts or special effects can shift slightly, so check the preview before downloading.

No. PDFMasala converts the file inside your browser, so it stays on your device.

Yes. Open the tool in your phone browser, choose the .docx file and download the PDF.

The pages are drawn as high-quality images of your document, which keeps the layout exact. To get searchable text, you can use the Word original or convert with an Office app.

A PDF cannot be changed by accident, opens on any device and prints the same everywhere. It is the best way to send a price list, invoice or report.

Turn on "Fit all columns on one page width", and choose landscape pages. Together these keep wide tables readable on one page width.

The PDF shows the values the formulas produced, just as a printout would. The formulas themselves stay in your original spreadsheet.

No. It is read and converted inside your browser and never leaves your device.

Yes. CSV files are read as a single sheet and laid out as a table in the PDF.

Yes. Open the tool in your phone browser, choose the spreadsheet from your files or downloads, and save the PDF. Large workbooks with many sheets take a little longer on a phone, so give it a moment.

Modern presentations in .pptx format. Save older .ppt files as .pptx in PowerPoint first.

No. A PDF is a set of still pages, so each slide is saved as it looks when fully shown. Animations, transitions and videos are not included.

Common fonts look the same. If a slide uses a rare font that your device does not have, a similar font is used, so check the preview.

No. It is converted inside your browser and stays on your device.

Yes. Open the PDF in Compress PDF to reduce its size for email.

Yes. Open the PDF in any reader and print it. Most print dialogs let you put two, four or six pages on each sheet of paper, which turns the slides into compact handouts.

Select all the photos at once, put them in order, and create the PDF. Each image becomes one page.

Yes. Crop away the background and rotate the page so it is straight, then create the PDF. For a smaller file, run it through Compress PDF afterwards.

Images are placed into the PDF at their own resolution, so they look as sharp as the originals. Very large photos make a large PDF, so run Compress PDF afterwards if you need a smaller file.

No. They are read and placed into the PDF by your browser.

Browsers usually cannot read HEIC files directly. On an iPhone, sharing or exporting the photo as JPG first will work.

Yes. Save the page in your browser, then select the .html file together with the files in its folder so that the styles and images appear in the PDF.

Use "Print / Save as PDF" to create a PDF with selectable text through your browser print dialog. The normal create button makes an exact picture of each page, which keeps the look but not selectable text.

Yes. Choose "Paste HTML Code", paste it in, and the preview shows the result straight away.

No. The HTML is shown and converted inside your own browser.

The pictures are separate files. Select them together with the HTML file, or make sure the page uses full web addresses for its images.

Choose Flowing text when you want to edit or rewrite the content: it gives real paragraphs, lists and tables. Choose Exact layout to keep the look of the page. Choose Picture mode when it must look identical and does not need editing.

Yes. A scan is a picture of text, so PDFMasala reads it with text recognition (OCR) on your device, in English, Bengali or Hindi. This takes several seconds per page, and the result should be checked for mistakes. Clear, straight scans give the best results.

Yes. The result is a standard .docx file that opens in Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice and other editors.

No. It is read and converted inside your browser.

PDF and Word store pages in different ways. Exact layout keeps it closest; with Flowing text, the content reflows as normal Word paragraphs.

Yes. Bank statements are recognised: each transaction becomes a row, with the date, narration, debit, credit and balance in their own columns. Amounts become numbers with two decimals that you can add up, while dates, cheque numbers and account numbers stay as text.

Yes. The items table keeps its columns, HSN and SAC codes and the GSTIN stay as text, and the subtotal, tax and grand total line up under the Amount column. Bill To and Ship To blocks are placed side by side above the items.

Yes, scanned pages are read with text recognition (OCR) on your device, in English, Bengali or Hindi. Recognised tables can need more tidying than tables from a normal PDF, so it works best with PDFs created from software.

PDFs do not store tables, only text positions. Tables with uneven spacing can need a small tidy-up in Excel afterwards.

No. The conversion happens inside your browser.

Yes. There is no account, no limit and no watermark.

Convert only the pages that hold the tables you need. Fewer pages give a tidier workbook and make it quicker to find your numbers, especially in long reports with many text pages.

Use pictures when you only need to present the pages. Use editable text when you want to change the words or reuse them.

Yes. Upload the .pptx file to Google Drive and open it with Google Slides.

Charts come across as part of the page picture or as text and shapes. They are not turned back into live PowerPoint charts, so rebuild a chart in PowerPoint if you need to change its data.

No. It is converted inside your browser.

No fixed limit. Very long PDFs depend on your device memory, so converting them in parts can be faster.

Yes. Type the pages you want, such as 2-5, and only those pages become slides. This is handy when you need just a few pages of a long report for a meeting.

It looks for your headings in the PDF as a label with its value next to it ("Invoice No: 147") or under it, and for tables whose column headings are your headings. Short forms such as "No" and "Number" are treated as the same.

Its cell stays empty and is marked, and the note under the table says how many headings were found in each PDF. Check that the heading uses the same words as the PDF, or type the value yourself.

Yes. Your own rows stay as they are, and the new rows follow them in the downloaded file.

Yes. When the table has its headings on the first page, the rows on the next pages are added to it.

Fast Fill reads the text of the PDF and is quick; scanned pages are read with OCR. OCR Fill also reads every page as a picture with text recognition and compares the two readings, so it takes more time but can catch values that the text alone misses.

Excel (.xlsx) and CSV files with the headings in the first row. An old .xls file needs to be saved as .xlsx first.

No. The Excel and the PDFs are read inside your browser.

Open the PDF, select that page, choose JPG and convert. The image downloads straight away.

PNG keeps text and lines perfectly crisp. JPG makes smaller files and is fine for photos and sharing.

Yes. JPG images at normal resolution are ideal for posting and messaging apps.

No. Your browser draws each page into an image on your device.

When you convert several pages, the images are bundled into one ZIP file so they download together. Open the ZIP on your computer or phone to get the separate images.

For sharing on phones and social media, the normal resolution is enough and keeps files small. For printing, zooming or using the image in a design, choose a higher resolution so text and lines stay sharp.

If the PDF contains real text, the extractor shows it so you can copy it. If the page is a scanned picture, there is no text inside to extract.

Scanned pages are images, so they have no text layer. The Translate PDF tool can read scanned English, Bengali and Hindi pages with text recognition.

JSON keeps the text page by page in a structured format. Programs, scripts and data tools can import it easily, which makes it useful for developers and research work.

No. The text is read by your browser on your device.

No fixed limit. Very large PDFs depend on your device memory.

It is information stored inside the PDF about the document, such as its title, author, subject and keywords. It is not shown on the pages but appears in file properties and some search results.

Browsers and PDF readers show the title in the tab or window. A clear title looks professional and helps people find the right document.

Yes. Clear the author field and save the PDF. The new copy will not contain the old name.

No. Only the hidden properties change. The pages look exactly the same.

No. Properties are changed inside your browser.

Search engines can use the PDF title when they show a PDF from a website in results. A clear title gives your document a better chance of being shown with a meaningful name instead of the file name.

Translation uses the translator built into recent desktop versions of Google Chrome. If your browser does not have it, the tool will tell you.

Yes. Scanned pages are read with text recognition first, then translated. Clear, straight scans give the best results.

It is a machine translation, good for understanding a document. For legal, medical or official papers, have the result checked by someone who knows both languages.

No. Text recognition and translation both happen on your device.

The first time you translate a language pair, your browser downloads its language pack. After that, translation starts much faster.

The tool shows each page with its translation, so you can check the pages you need as they finish. For a very long document, splitting out the important pages first with Split PDF makes translation quicker.

A web page is not allowed to rename files where they sit on your disk. PDFMasala saves renamed copies instead, and your original files stay unchanged.

Click "Get Excel list of these PDFs", type new names in column B, save, and load the file back. The Status column shows which files are ready.

A number such as (2) is added to the end of the name so no file overwrites another. The Example box shows these numbers before you save.

The tool is made for PDF files. To rename other kinds of files, use the file manager of your computer or a dedicated renaming app.

No. They are read and renamed inside your browser.