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Ameen Usman
Ameen Usman

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Merge, split, and compress PDFs in your browser

I kept avoiding random PDF websites for contracts, invoices, and reports. Those files should not leave the laptop just to merge two exports or pull out one page.
So I added PDF tools to KeptTools. They run in the browser. Nothing is uploaded.

Merge a few PDFs into one

Open Merge PDF.

  1. Add two or more PDFs.
  2. Put them in the order you want. Remove any you do not need.
  3. Merge and download one PDF. Example: add report-a.pdf and report-b.pdf, put A first, then download kepttools-merged.pdf with every page in that order. You can merge up to 20 files, 25 MB each. Password-protected PDFs have to be unlocked first. ## Pull pages out of a long PDF Open Split PDF.
  4. Choose one PDF.
  5. Enter ranges, or split every page.
  6. Download one PDF, or a ZIP when there is more than one result. Ranges look like 1-3, 5 or 1-3, 7-10. Page numbers start at 1. Example: a 10-page PDF with 1-3, 7-10 comes back as two files in a ZIP. Pages 1–3 in one, pages 7–10 in the other. ## Shrink the file, keep the text Compress PDF recompresses images inside the PDF. Light, Medium, and Strong change image quality. The text stays real text, so you can still select it. A text-only PDF may barely get smaller. That is an honest result, not a broken tool. Use it when the PDF has photos or scans and you need a smaller file for email. ## Turn pages into images, or images into a PDF PDF to JPG exports pages as JPG. Pick all pages or a range, choose quality, preview, then download one image or a ZIP. After this step the page is a picture, so the text is no longer selectable. JPG to PDF does the other direction. Add JPG, PNG, or WebP images, reorder them, then set page size (A4, Letter, or fit), orientation, and margins. Fit inside keeps the photo proportions. Stretch can distort them. ## What stays on your machine The file is read in the browser and the result is downloaded from there. I do not receive the PDF. If you try one, tell me whether you needed merge, split, or compress first.

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