PDFLean

Office & Business

An all-in-one PDF workbench for daily office work: merge, split, organize and rotate pages, convert Word/Excel/PPT to and from PDF, OCR scans, add watermarks and page numbers, fill and sign, and share with encryption from inbox to delivery.

Best for: Admin, operations, project managers, everyone at work

The usual order: merge or split the file, convert to or from PDF, fill and sign the forms, then compress and protect the result.

How to use

  1. 1Collect and merge your files, then tidy the page order
  2. 2Convert between Office formats and PDF as needed
  3. 3Enhance and OCR scans into searchable documents
  4. 4Add numbers and watermarks, fill and sign, then encrypt and send

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Local Processing (Offline Capable)
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Merge PDF files in the order you choose — combine multiple documents into one, right in your browser with no upload (combined size up to 10MB); larger totals can use the Pro cloud large-file merge on the page (sign-in required).
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Split a PDF
Split PDF by page range, or split every N pages, per page, or into N parts — all locally in your browser.
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Compress a PDF
Compress PDF files in your browser — light lossless, recommended, and extreme tiers, plus a target-size mode with real-time stats on size and savings (local and free, no upload for files up to 10MB); larger files can use the Pro cloud path (sign-in required).
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Compress PDF to 200KB
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Rearrange or delete PDF pages
Rearrange PDF pages — delete, rotate and reorder pages within one document, locally in your browser; for joining files use Merge.
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Rotate specific PDF pages
Rotate only one page of PDF files, or batch-rotate even, odd or landscape sheets without manual clicking — ideal for inverted dual-sided scans, locally and private.
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Add page numbers to a PDF
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Watermark a PDF
Watermark PDF pages with text or an image (PNG/JPG) — tiled or on a nine-position grid, with rotation, color, opacity and page range.
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Password-protect a PDF
Protect PDF with password — AES-256 encryption with printing and copying permissions, applied locally in your browser.
Local Processing (Offline Capable)
Unlock a PDF
Unlock PDF files you own — remove the open password and restrictions, right in your browser.
Local Processing (Offline Capable)
Convert Word to PDF
Convert Word to PDF — .docx documents rendered locally in your browser with headings, paragraphs, lists, tables and embedded images preserved (automatic CJK font embedding, no upload).
Local Processing (Offline Capable)
Convert Excel to PDF
Convert Excel to PDF — .xlsx/.xls/.csv spreadsheets rendered to clean PDF with auto-layout gridlines, fully local in your browser.
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Convert PowerPoint to PDF
Convert PPT to PDF — PowerPoint (.pptx) to clean, professional landscape PDFs with 16:9 widescreen or A4 layouts; .pptx is parsed locally in your browser (free, no upload), while legacy .ppt files are converted by cloud LibreOffice (sign-in required).
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Convert PDF to Word
Convert PDF to Word (docx) — text-level export, pages separated by page breaks with Page n headings, fully local.
Local Processing (Offline Capable)
Convert PDF to Excel
Convert PDF to Excel (xlsx) — tables rebuilt with row clustering and gap-based columns, one sheet per page, fully in your browser.
Local Processing (Offline Capable)
Convert PDF to PowerPoint
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Convert PDF to JPG
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Local Processing (Offline Capable)
Convert JPG to PDF
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Enhance a scanned document
Enhance scanned documents and smartphone photos — remove uneven shadows, flatten yellowed backgrounds, preserve red stamps and sharpen text. Runs locally.
Local Processing (Offline Capable)
OCR a PDF
Make scanned meeting notes, receipts, and contracts searchable — OCR runs in the browser, free, with no upload.
Local Processing (Offline Capable)
Fill a PDF form
Fill PDF form online — AcroForm text fields, checkboxes and radio buttons are auto-detected, filled, then exported flattened (default) or with the fields still editable, all in your browser.
Local Processing (Offline Capable)
Sign a PDF
Sign PDF pages with a typed or hand-drawn signature stamp — basic self-signing that runs fully locally.
Local Processing (Offline Capable)
Create a PDF from scratch
Create a PDF from scratch — blank A4/Letter/A3/A5 pages, portrait or landscape, multi-page, or QR-code pages, in your browser.
Local Processing (Offline Capable)
Add headers and footers to a PDF
Add header and footer to PDF pages — header/footer text and Bates numbering (prefix + zero-padded numbers) on every page, locally.

Ready when you are

Runs in your browser whenever possible — no signup needed to start.

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PDFLean is a productivity tool and does not provide legal, medical, regulatory, or compliance advice. Review outputs before relying on them for regulated or high-stakes decisions.