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Guides to PDFs, photos and online forms
Step-by-step guides to editing, converting and compressing PDFs, resizing photos and uploading documents to online forms.
How to Sign a PDF Online Legally: E-Signature Rules in the US, EU, UK and India
Is a drawn signature on a PDF legally binding? What ESIGN, eIDAS, UK law and India's IT Act say, which documents are excluded, and how to sign safely.
Oct 24, 2026 · 1 min read
How to Add Page Numbers and Bates Numbers to Legal Documents
When to use page numbers or Bates numbers, what courts and ESI protocols require, and how to stamp both on PDFs, including eight-digit Bates formats.
Oct 24, 2026 · 1 min read
How to Convert PDF to Word Without Losing Formatting
Why PDF to Word conversions break layouts, how to pick the right method for your PDF, and the fixes that restore fonts, tables and page breaks afterwards.
Oct 24, 2026 · 1 min read
PDF/A Explained: What Courts and Government Portals Want
What PDF/A is, how PDF/A-1b, 2b and 3 differ, which courts and archives ask for it, and how to convert and validate a file before you e-file it.
Oct 24, 2026 · 1 min read
How to Redact a PDF Properly (and Why Black Boxes Fail)
Black boxes leave text in a PDF. Learn how true redaction removes it, how to test your redactions, and what hidden data to clean out before you share.
Oct 24, 2026 · 1 min read
How to Make a PDF Searchable With OCR
Turn a scanned PDF into a searchable one with OCR: check if you need it, prepare the scan, pick the language and compare free options including Google Docs.
Oct 24, 2026 · 1 min read
How to Compress a PDF to a Specific Size for an Online Form
Get a PDF under a 100 KB, 200 KB or 2 MB upload limit: set a target size, fix scans that will not shrink, and check readability before you submit.
Oct 24, 2026 · 1 min read
PDF vs Word for Your Resume: Which Format to Send
Should your resume be a PDF or a Word file? What ATS vendors and USAJOBS accept, where career advisers disagree, and how to make a resume software can read.
Oct 24, 2026 · 1 min read
SSC CGL 2026 Photo and Signature: Live Photo, 10-20 KB Signature
SSC CGL 2026 has no photo upload: the form captures a live photo. The only file you upload is a 10-20 KB JPEG signature, about 6.0 x 2.0 cm. Official rules, checked 25 Oct 2026.
Sep 11, 2026 · 1 min read · India
How to compress Kanyashree scholarship documents for West Bengal portal upload
Kanyashree K1 and K2 basics, the documents institutions ask for, and how to compress scans to the limit shown on the upload screen without blurring details.
Sep 8, 2026 · 1 min read · India
Ration card PDF compress: NFSA and state food portal uploads in India
Ration cards are applied for on state food portals, not nfsa.gov.in. See West Bengal's 300 KB upload rule and how to compress a ration card or address proof.
Aug 18, 2026 · 1 min read · India
IBPS PO Photo, Signature, Thumb and Declaration Size: Upload Guide
IBPS PO upload specs from the CRP PO/MT-XVI notice: photo 20-50 KB, signature 10-20 KB, thumb 20-50 KB, declaration 50-100 KB, plus rejection fixes.
Jul 17, 2026 · 1 min read · India
How to compress PDF for PM Kisan portal upload in India
What PM-Kisan registration really asks for, why no official upload size exists, and how to compress a land record or passbook PDF to the on-screen limit.
Jul 14, 2026 · 1 min read · India
How to compress PDF before uploading to DigiLocker when file size fails
DigiLocker upload failing? Learn the published 10 MB limit and file types, when to fetch an issued copy instead, and how to compress a scan so it uploads.
Jul 12, 2026 · 1 min read · India
Skill India course certificate PDF compress for portal upload
Get your Skill India or PMKVY certificate from DigiLocker first, then compress the PDF only when a portal asks, using the limit shown on its upload screen.
Jul 10, 2026 · 1 min read · India