Everything you can do with pdftek, step by step.

No sign-up needed. Click Start free and you land in your workbench: your document library on the left, the open document in the middle and the assistant on the right.

1. Click Start free on any page. You get a private workspace straight away.
2. Click Upload, or drag files onto the page. PDFs, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, JPG, PNG and TIFF all work; non-PDFs are converted to PDF as they upload.
3. Click a document in the library to open it. Its buttons appear above the page: Convert, Download, Compare, Edit, Fill form, Request signature and more.
4. Create a free account (Sign up) to keep your files and get 6 tasks a day instead of 3.

Without an account, files are deleted after 24 hours. Sign up before you leave to keep them.

Turn a PDF into an editable Word, Excel or PowerPoint file or into images, or turn almost any file into a PDF.

1. Open the PDF in your workbench.
2. Click Convert above the page and choose Word, Excel, PowerPoint, JPG, PNG, WEBP or TIFF.
3. The converted file downloads automatically. Your original PDF stays in the library.
4. To make a PDF, just upload the Word, Excel, PowerPoint, image or TIFF file. Several images can be combined in Tools → JPG/PNG → PDF.

Scanned documents convert best after OCR: open the scan and click Run OCR when pdftek offers it.

Everyday page tools live in Tools (top bar). Each one saves a new version or a new document, so nothing is lost.

1. Click Tools in the top bar and pick a tool: Merge, Split, Organize pages, Rotate, Compress, Watermark, Page numbers, Protect or Unlock.
2. Choose the document (or several, for Merge) and set the options.
3. Click the tool's button. The result opens in your library, ready to download.

Made a mistake? Open the document, click ⋯ → Version history and restore an earlier version.

Change the words in a PDF, add text and images, highlight, draw, and permanently remove sensitive information.

1. Open the PDF and click Edit.
2. Click any text to change it, or use the toolbar to add text, images, highlights, drawings and shapes.
3. To redact, choose Redact and drag over the content. Redacted areas are removed from the file, not just covered.
4. Click Save. Each save is a new version you can go back to.

pdftek finds every field in a form, even on a scan, and fills it from your saved details.

1. Open the form and click Fill form.
2. The first time, add your details to your profile (name, address, and so on). They're reused for every form.
3. Check the filled fields, answer anything pdftek asks, then sign and download.
4. Need the same form for many people? Upload a spreadsheet with one row per person and download them all as a ZIP (Day Pass, Pro or Team).

Your first AI-filled form each month is free.

Send a document to one or more people for e-signature, with reminders and a certificate of completion.

1. Open the document and click Request signature.
2. Add each signer's name and email, then place their signature, date and text fields on the pages.
3. Click Send. Signers get an email link and sign in their browser, with no account needed.
4. When everyone has signed, download the signed copy with its audit certificate from the Workflow tab.

Turn PDF bank statements, invoices and receipts into clean spreadsheets, checked against their totals.

1. Click Tools → Bank statement → Excel or Invoices → Excel.
2. Upload your PDFs (or pick them from your library). Each one is read and checked against its balances or totals.
3. Review the rows, then download Excel or CSV for each file, or everything combined into one workbook.

Your first statement or invoice each month is free. Combining many files into one spreadsheet needs a Day Pass, Pro or Team.

Collect files from clients, tenants or new hires through a private upload link protected by a one-time code.

1. Click Tools → Request documents.
2. Pick a template (tax, rental, ID verification, loans, onboarding) or list the documents you need.
3. Choose the security: a code emailed to the recipient, or an access code you give them by phone. Then click Send request.
4. Follow progress on the Document requests page: what's arrived, the audit trail, and Send back for anything that needs a new copy.

Ask questions about a contract or report and get answers that point to the page they came from, or have any document read aloud.

1. Open a document and use Chat in the assistant panel on the right. Ask anything, like “When does this lease end?”
2. Click a citation to jump to the exact page.
3. Use Extract to pull tables and key terms into a spreadsheet.
4. Click Read aloud to listen, with the voice, language and speed you choose (Day Pass, Pro or Team).

Share one library, pass documents between people and automate routine steps.

1. Open the account menu (top right) → Members, type a colleague's email and click Invite. Day Pass and Pro allow up to 5 people; Team is unlimited.
2. Hand documents to a teammate from the Workflow tab or the Hand off button, so everyone knows whose turn it is.
3. Use Automate to react to new uploads or completed signatures, for example to extract key terms and notify the team.