Process your PDF-Files with this responsive and intuitive PDF manipulator. Functionalities include merging, splitting, crompressing, encryption and removal of pages of PDF-Files of all sizes. This ReadMe will give you the needed informations for navigating through the various menu points.
Opening the .jar File will show you the "Opening Panel" where you are presented with all the applications functionalities. Each is marked by an individual marked icon which will light up when the mouse cursor is hovering over it and is also named after the functionality. These are:
- PDF Merger (Merge multiple PDF-Files into a single PDF-File)
- PDF Splitter (Split a single PDF-File into multiple PDF-Files)
- PDF Compressor (Decrease a PDF-Files memory consumption by compressing the file)
- Remove Pages (Removal of desired pages from a PDF-Document)
- JPEG to PDF Converter (Conversion of JPEG-Files to single or merged PDF-Documents)
- PDF to JPEG Converter (Conversion of desired Pages of a PDF-File to single JPEG-Files)
- Encrypt PDF (Encryption of a PDF-File with a desired author and user password)
- Decrypt PDF (Removal of all passwords on an encrypted PDF-File)
Clicking on one of the mentioned icons will lead to the corresponding panel where the file processing is handled. The following sections show step by step instructions for working with the applications features:
PDF MERGER
PDF Merger combines multiple PDF-Files into a single PDF-File containing all others. You can select your PDF-Files by clicking on the "select" button. You are not limited by the number of PDF-Documents you want to merge (a high number of files will take longer to merge though). Files are combined in the order they are added to the merge list and are shown with full name in the panel. You can change the order of the single documents by simply clicking the "Up" and "Down" buttons on any file entry display item (click the "cancel" button for removing a file from the merge list). Clicking the "Merge" button will open a dialog where you can choose your desired saving directory. The file will be saved named "mergedPDF.pdf" in the folder you have chosen. !! ATTENTION macOS Users !!: Since this application was mainly designed for Windows this step differs on macOS. Choosing a folder in a directory will save the file in its PARENT Folder while naming the file after the choosen folder (e.g. choosing the Documents folder inside the Users folder will save the file inside the Users folder named "Documents\mergedPDF.pdf)
After successful merging of files a user message is displayed and the panel is refreshed.
PDF SPLITTER
PDF Splitter splits a PDF-Document in smaller PDF-Files. After selecting the desired PDF-File by clicking the "select" button the file is displayed as a preview. Also, a drag down option panel is displayed where you can choose the number of split points you want to have (1 split point = 2 new PDF-Files, 2 split points = 3 new PDF-Files, and so on). Choosing 0 the default 0 split points will produce a new PDF-File for every Page of the choosen PDF-Document. After selecting 1 or more split points and clicking on the "Split" button you will be asked to set those points on your desired page for splitting the document in parts. The page the split point is set will be part of the first of two files on the sides of a split point. After selecting all split points a user message is shown to let you know about the status of the splitting. Saving folder selection takes place immediatly after selecting the "Split" button.
!! ATTENTION macOS Users!!: Since this application was mainly designed for Windows this step differs on macOS. Choosing a folder in a directory will save the file in its PARENT Folder while naming the file after the choosen folder (e.g. choosing the Documents folder inside the Users folder will save the file inside the Users folder named "Documents\splitPDF.pdf")
PDF COMPRESSOR
PDF Compressor decreases the memory usage of a selected PDF-File by decreasing the PDF-Documents image quality. After selecting the desired PDF-File by clicking the "select" button the file is displayed as a preview. Also, a drag down option panel is displayed where you can choose the compression rate of the PDF-File (low = low compression rate = higher image quality = higher memory consumption of the processed file). Clicking the "Compress" button will open a dialog where you can choose your desired saving directory. The file will be saved named "compressedPDF.pdf"with the chosen compression rate in the folder you have chosen.
!! ATTENTION macOS Users!!: Since this application was mainly designed for Windows this step differs on macOS. Choosing a folder in a directory will save the file in its PARENT Folder while naming the file after the choosen folder (e.g. choosing the Documents folder inside the Users folder will save the file inside the Users folder named "Documents\compressedPDF.pdf")
After successful compression of the file a user message is displayed and the panel is refreshed.
Page REMOVER
Page Remover lets you choose pages you want to remove from a PDF-Document. fter selecting the desired PDF-File by clicking the "select"button the file is displayed as a preview. All pages are loaded in the preview area and by clicking on a page it is marked (red border). All marked pages will be removed by clicking the "Remove" button. Doing so will open a dialog where you can choose your desired saving directory. The file will be saved named "removedPagesPDF.pdf".
!! ATTENTION macOS Users!!: Since this application was mainly designed for Windows this step differs on macOS. Choosing a folder in a directory will save the file in its PARENT Folder while naming the file after the choosen folder (e.g. choosing the Documents folder inside the Users folder will save the file inside the Users folder named "Documents\removedPagesPDF.pdf")
After successful removal of page from the file a user message is displayed and the panel is refreshed.
JPEG TO PDF CONVERTER
JPG to PDF Converter lets you choose single or multiple JPEG-Files to multiple or single PDF-Files. You can select your PDF-Files by clicking on the "select" button. You are not limited by the number of PDF-Documents you want to convert (a high number of files will take longer to convert though). If the "Merge Files" chekcbox is ticked, the converted files will be merged into a single PDF-Document. Files are combined in the order they are added to the merge list and are shown with full name in the panel. You can change the order of the single documents by simply clicking the "Left Arrow" and "Right Arrow" buttons on any file entry display item (click the "cancel" button for removing a file from the conversion list). Clicking the "Convert" button will open a dialog where you can choose your desired saving directory. The file will be saved named "convertedPDF.pdf" in the folder you have chosen. !! ATTENTION macOS Users !!: Since this application was mainly designed for Windows this step differs on macOS. Choosing a folder in a directory will save the file in its PARENT Folder while naming the file after the choosen folder (e.g. choosing the Documents folder inside the Users folder will save the file inside the Users folder named "Documents\convertedPDF.pdf")
After successful conversion of files a user message is displayed and the panel is refreshed.
PDF TO JPEG CONVERTER
PDF to JPEG Converter converts a PDF-Document in single JPEG-Files. After selecting the desired PDF-File by clicking the "select" button the file is displayed as a preview. Also, a drag down option panel is displayed where you can choose the quality of the JPEG files you want to have. All pages of the PDF-Documents are shown as previews. By clicking a page it is marked for conversion (red border). Each page will be saved as a single PDF-File. Saving folder selection takes place immediatly after selecting the "Convert" button.
!! ATTENTION macOS Users!!: Since this application was mainly designed for Windows this step differs on macOS. Choosing a folder in a directory will save the file in its PARENT Folder while naming the file after the choosen folder (e.g. choosing the Documents folder inside the Users folder will save the file inside the Users folder named "Documents\splitPDF.pdf")
After successful conversion of files a user message is displayed and the panel is refreshed.
PDF ENCRYPTER
PDF Encrypter is used to set a author and a user password for a PDF-Document. After selecting the desired PDF-File by clicking the "select" button the file is displayed as a preview. PDF Encrypter is one of two only functionalities that lets you overwrite the selected source file (the other being PDF Decrypter). You can do that by selecting the "Overwrite Source File" checkbox. Clicking the "Encrypt" button will open a dialog where you can define author and user passwords followed by choosing of your desired saving directory (choosing of saving directory wont occur if you overwrite the source file). The file will be saved named "encryptedPDF.pdf" in the folder you have chosen.
!! ATTENTION macOS Users!!: Since this application was mainly designed for Windows this step differs on macOS. Choosing a folder in a directory will save the file in its PARENT Folder while naming the file after the choosen folder (e.g. choosing the Documents folder inside the Users folder will save the file inside the Users folder named "Documents\encryptedPDF.pdf")
After successful encryption of files a user message is displayed and the panel is refreshed.
PDF DECRYPTER
PDF Decrypter is used to remove author and user passwords for a PDF-Document. After selecting the desired PDF-File by clicking the "select" button the file is displayed as a preview. PDF Decrypter is one of two only functionalities that lets you overwrite the selected source file (the other being PDF Encrypter). You can do that by selecting the "Overwrite Source File" checkbox. Clicking the "Decrypt" button will open a dialog where you can choose your desired saving directory (choosing of saving directory wont occur if you overwrite the source file). The file will be saved named "decryptedPDF.pdf" in the folder you have chosen.
!! ATTENTION macOS Users!!: Since this application was mainly designed for Windows this step differs on macOS. Choosing a folder in a directory will save the file in its PARENT Folder while naming the file after the choosen folder (e.g. choosing the Documents folder inside the Users folder will save the file inside the Users folder named "Documents\decryptedPDF.pdf")
After successful decryption of files a user message is displayed and the panel is refreshed.