How to Edit, Compress and Merge PDF files for Free

Would you like to make changes to a PDF or reduce its file size? In this discussion, you will be learning how to compress, edit and merge PDF files for free.

PDF files are popular known to contain readable, non-editable documents in a specific format. The original format of files converted to PDF can be DOC, XLS, or PPT.

Editing PDFs

If you have downloaded a PDF file or saved your file in PDF format and would like to make certain changes to the file, you can achieve that easily in a few steps.

Although, the best way to edit a PDF file is to convert it to the original format of its content. In one of my recent post, I have discussed how you can convert documents from PDF to Word, PDF to Excel and PDF to PPT.

However, if you do not wish to convert it before making an edit, then you can proceed to the steps below to learn how to edit your PDF online and offline.

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Requirements

1. A PC or Smartphone
2. Internet

Steps to Edit PDF Files Online

1. Launch your favourite browser and visit www.pdfescape.com.
2. Upload the PDF file you want to edit using the site uploader. The document is then loaded and you can proceed to make edits.

There are a good number of editing tools present on the website that you can use ad make necessary changes to your document.

Finally, after making changes to the file, you can then save and re-download as PDF to your device.

How to Edit PDF Files Offline

Requirements

1. A PC
2. LibreOffice Software (Download here)

Steps to Edit PDF Files Offline

1. Start by installing the downloaded copy of the LibreOffice software.
2. After proper installation, launch the software.
3. Then, click Open File and select your PDF file. The software will load it in a format you can easily edit. However, the page elements might lose their formats in the loading process.
4. After making necessary changes, select File and then, Export as PDF. Finally, choose the directory where you want it saved.

Merging PDFs

If you have several related PDF documents on your device, you probably need to combine those files for easy access and reference. Also, you will be able to share the files easily with people around.

There are different ways through which you can combine PDFs. However, the steps below will take you through how to merge PDF online and offline.

How to Merge PDF Files Online

Requirements

1. A PC or Smartphone
2. Internet

Steps to Merge PDF Files Online

1. Launch your favourite browser and visit ilovepdf.com.
2. From the options available, choose Merge PDF.
3. Select the PDF documents you want to combine and click Merge PDF.

Once the merging process is done, you will be notified and provided with a download link for the merged PDF file.

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How to Merge PDF Files Offline

On Android

1. Start by installing PDFelement from Google Play here.
2. Launch the app after installation and proceed to Configure and allow the app access to the downloads folder.
3. Then, from the main menu, find and tap the three horizontal lines and tap Merge documents.
4. Choose the PDF file you want to merge. Further, to add more files, tap the + label.
5. After selecting all the PDF files, initiate the merging process by tapping Merge.
6. Then, tap Save and you can proceed by choosing to edit the new PDF name.
7. Finally, tap Create. Your combined PDF file will be saved automatically to your downloads.

On iOS

1. Open your Files app and select all the PDF files.
2. Then, tap the three dots from the bottom-right and then Create PDF.

On Mac

1. Proceed to Finder and open the folder where you have your PDF files.
2. Select the PDF files you want to merge and right-click with the cursor on any of the selected files.
3. Then, click Quick Actions and then, Create PDF.

Compressing PDFs

There are times when you have to upload a document in its PDF format with not more than a particular size or you just find out that a document is taking too much of your device storage space, hence, the need to compress your PDF document.

Reducing a PDF file size is very easy. I will walk you through the necessary steps below.

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How to Compress PDF Files Online

Requirements

1. A PC or Smartphone
2. Internet

Steps to Compress PDF Files Online

1. Open your PC or Smartphone, launch your preferred web browser and visit hipdf.com.
2. From the conversion options available, choose Compress PDF.
3. Select the PDF file you want to compress and upload.
4. When the file is uploaded, click or tap Compress PDF.
5. Wait till the file conversion is done and you can download to your device storage.

Other similar websites that will help you compress your PDF files are ilovepdf.com, pdf2go.com, and smallpdf.com.

How to Compress PDF Files Offline

On Mac

1. Open the PDF file in Preview and wait till it is loaded.
2. Then, click File and then Export.
3. Now, select the Quartz Filter and change from None to Reduce File Size.
4. Finally, save the compressed PDF file.

On Windows

1. Start by installing PDF Compressor Software on your PC running a recent version of Windows.
2. Launch the app and click Add File.
3. Proceed to add the PDF file you want to compress and then, select Open.
4. Specify the quality to be retained after compression.
5. Finally, click Compress. The compressed PDF file will then be saved to your PC storage.

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