What PDF Tools Are Available on Convert PDF Online?

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Convert PDF Online (pdfconvertonline.com) is a browser-based PDF utility site. Its toolset covers three areas: converting other file types into PDF, converting PDFs into other formats, and editing or managing existing PDFs. The PDF management tools specifically include Compress, Split, Merge, Rotate, Add Password, Remove Password, Invert, and OCR. All of them run in the browser, so there is nothing to install.

PDF management tools

These are the tools you use when the file is already a PDF and you need to change its size, structure, or security.

Tool What it does Typical use
Compress PDF Reduces PDF file size Fitting under an upload or email size limit
Split PDF Breaks one PDF into separate files or page ranges Extracting a single chapter or section
Merge PDF Combines multiple PDFs into one file Assembling a report from separate documents
Rotate PDF Changes page orientation Fixing scanned pages that came in sideways
Add Password Applies password protection to a PDF Restricting who can open a file
Remove Password Removes password protection Unlocking a file you own so it can be edited or shared
Invert PDF Inverts PDF colors Creating a dark-background version for reading
OCR Optical character recognition Making a scanned PDF's text selectable and searchable

The site also lists a "Decrypt" entry alongside "Encrypt" in its tools section, which corresponds to the Add Password / Remove Password pair.

Conversion tools

The site separates conversion into two directions.

Convert to PDF — takes another format and produces a PDF:

  • JPG to PDF
  • Word to PDF
  • Excel to PDF
  • PPT to PDF
  • EPUB to PDF
  • HTML to PDF
  • Email to PDF

Convert from PDF — takes a PDF and produces another format:

  • PDF to JPG
  • PDF to Word
  • PDF to Excel
  • PDF to PPT
  • PDF to EPUB
  • PDF to HTML

There are also cross-format options listed under "Miscellaneous," such as JPG to Word, Word to JPG, Excel to JPG, and Excel to Word, for cases where neither the source nor the target is a PDF.

How to use a tool

The workflow is the same across the toolset:

  1. Pick the tool that matches your task (for example, Compress PDF or PDF to Word).
  2. Upload the file through the page's upload control.
  3. Start the conversion or processing action.
  4. Download the resulting file.

The expected result is a new file in your downloads — a smaller PDF, a split page range, a merged document, or a converted format. Because everything happens in the browser, the only prerequisites are a browser and a file to work with.

Things to know before you rely on it

  • The site keeps an "old website" for legacy cases. According to the site itself, the old version is maintained for outdated browsers and for less common formats such as XML, DWG, and CDR. If you are working with one of those formats, the main interface may not be the right entry point.
  • OCR is the tool to reach for with scans. If a PDF was created from a scanner, its text is usually an image and cannot be selected or searched. Running OCR is what converts that image text into real, selectable text.
  • Password tools work in both directions. Add Password is for protecting a file; Remove Password is for a file you already have the right to open. Removing protection from a document you do not own is a separate question from whether the tool can technically do it.
  • The interface is multilingual. The site lists English, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese, so the tool names should be readable in your preferred language.
  • The site points to a related service. Its footer notes that Aconvert.com handles a wider range of document, ebook, image, video, and audio conversions — useful if your format is not in the lists above.

If your task is purely "change this PDF" — shrink it, split it, merge it, rotate it, lock it, unlock it, invert it, or make it searchable — the tools on this site cover that ground directly. If your task is converting between PDF and another format, check the two conversion lists first to confirm your specific pair is supported.