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Depends on the PDF. If it has embedded high-res images — scanned documents, presentations, brochures — compression makes a real difference. A 15 MB scanned form typically comes out under 2 MB and looks identical on screen. For a text-only PDF generated from Word or Google Docs, expect maybe 20–30% reduction. Either way, text stays sharp because PDF text is vector, not a rasterized image.

PDFs don't actually store "paragraphs" or "headings" — they store characters at specific X/Y coordinates on a page. Converting that back into structured Word formatting is genuinely hard. PDFs originally made in Word usually convert cleanly. Scanned PDFs are just photos of pages — there's no real text to extract without OCR, which is a different process entirely. If your output looks scrambled, that's likely what you're dealing with.

No. Open Split PDF, enter your page range, and download just those pages as a new file. Takes about five seconds. You can also extract a single page by entering the same number twice.

No watermark, ever. Some "free" tools add one to push you toward a paid upgrade — we don't do that. What comes out is a clean file, identical to what paid desktop software would produce.

100 MB. That covers virtually everything — multi-chapter reports, portfolios, scanned application packets. Architectural drawings and print-ready files sometimes go over. If yours does, split it into sections first, process each one, then merge them back.

Standard 128-bit AES encryption — the same level most PDF readers use. It's a reasonable barrier for everyday use: sharing contracts, protecting personal documents before emailing. It's not a substitute for proper encryption if you're handling highly classified material, but for normal professional use it's fine.

Yes. The rotation is written into the file structure, so whoever opens it — on any device, in any PDF reader — sees the correct orientation. This is different from rotating the view inside a reader like Adobe or Preview, which only affects your local display and doesn't change the file.