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    Contents
    • Using PDF Expert
      • Getting Started with PDF Expert
      • Highlight, underline, and strikethrough text
      • Text comments, shapes, and pop-up notes
      • Insert stamps to PDFs
      • Customize text and annotation colors
      • Draw on a PDF file
      • Use stickers in PDF Expert for iOS
      • View, search, and remove annotations
      • Export Annotation Summary
      • Content Selection Tool
      • Edit text in PDF files
      • Work with images in PDFs
      • Work with to-page and to-web links
      • Remove sensitive content
      • Supported forms and fields
      • Fill out PDF forms
      • Sign PDF documents
      • Enhance and adjust your scans
      • Convert scanned documents into text (OCR)
      • Scale and measure drawings
      • Polygon and polyline shapes
      • Red Line tools
      • Convert images, MS Office and iWork files to PDF
      • Export PDFs to other formats on Mac
      • Convert PDFs to images, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Text files on iOS
      • Reading mode
      • Select your way to scroll pages
      • Enable the two-page view
      • Zooming modes in PDF Expert
      • Jump to a specific page
      • Bookmark pages
      • Create a table of contents in a PDF file
      • Turn on the Night or Sepia theme
      • Read PDF text out loud
      • Keep your device awake while reading
      • View two PDFs side by side
      • Add page numbers, bates numbers, and text
      • Use Smart Search
      • AI Chat with PDF
      • Page number indicator
      • Create a new PDF file
      • Add, delete, and rearrange PDF pages
      • Rename files and folders
      • Recents and Favorites
      • Sort files and folders by name, date, and size
      • Password protect PDFs
      • Save the file as flatten
      • Reduce the PDF file size
      • Merge PDFs
      • Manage annotated pages
      • Move files and folders
      • Switch between the Grid and List views
      • Mark files and folders with color tags
      • Open a file in PDF Expert
      • Organize your files with Inbox
      • Page Resize
      • Access your device files via the Files app folder
      • Sync your PDF files through web clouds
      • Sync a folder from cloud storage
      • Connect to Mac or PC via SMB
      • Set up sync with Mac via SFTP
      • Time Capsule setup
      • Share files via the Share button
      • Transfer files between iOS device and desktop using Wi-Fi
      • Transfer files from Safari to PDF Expert for iOS
      • Transfer files between iPad and iPhone using WebDAV
      • Share text with other apps
      • Share files from cloud via a link
      • Transfer files between PDF Expert and your Mac using a USB cable
      • PDF Expert Widgets
      • Turn on the Dark Mode
      • Work with tabs on your iPad
      • Customize the toolbar in PDF Expert for iOS
      • Create your own toolset in PDF Expert for iOS
      • Make PDF Expert your default PDF viewer on Mac
      • Open email attachments in PDF Expert
      • Keyboard Shortcuts
      • Make presentations with PDF Expert and FaceTime
      • Full Screen Mode on Mac
      • Getting Started with Tools tab on Mac
      • Presentation Mode
      • Improve your workflow with Sidecar and Camera Continuity
      • Change the app's language on iOS
      • Convert PDF to black and white on Mac
      • Supported Scripting in AcroForms (Adobe Acrobat forms)
      • Supported Scripting in XFA (LiveCycle Designer forms)
      • URL schemes
    • Troubleshooting
      • PDF Expert quits or doesn't open
      • PDF Expert freezes
      • All files in the app look blank
      • Annotation tools do not work
      • Printing issues on Mac
      • Corrupted files
      • Sync issues
      • Restore accidentally deleted files
      • File cannot be opened
      • Annotations made in PDF Expert are not displayed correctly in a third-party app on iOS
      • File loads slowly
      • Garbled text
      • AI Chat with PDF issues
      • Connection issues on iOS
      • iCloud files don't stay downloaded
    • Billing & Subscription
      • How to get PDF Expert
      • Set up an account for cross-platform app usage
      • How to get PDF Expert Premium
      • Check and manage your subscription
      • How to cancel the free trial
      • The PDF Expert License FAQ
      • The “trial expired” message appears after a purchase
      • Is PDF Expert available on Windows?
      • The PDF Expert Billing FAQ
      • The difference between PDF Expert 2 and PDF Expert 3
    • Contact us

    Managing files and folders

    Create a new PDF file

    PDF Expert is not only an advanced app for viewing and working with already existing files - you can actually create PDFs of your own. Just a few simple steps and a brand new blank PDF is created from scratch.  How to create a PDF Mac iPad iPhone Launch the PDF Expert app. Go to the File menu at the top and click New. Select the needed option: Empty...
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    Add, delete, and rearrange PDF pages

    PDF Expert offers you a variety of options you can carry out with your PDF file's pages - you can easily add new pages to PDF files as well as reorder, rotate, extract, or delete existing ones. Jump to: Add a new page Delete pages Rearrange PDF pages Rotate pages Extract pages Reverse the order of the pages How to add a new page to a PDF file Mac iP...
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    Rename files and folders

    Mac iOS PDF Expert provides you with a flexible file managing approach - not only you can create your own files, folders, and sub-folders, you can also change the name of your file anytime you want. You can rename the files and folders on your cloud storage account as well as your locally stored files.  How to rename a file or a folder Tap More … on...
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    Recents and Favorites

    When it comes to working with many files on a daily basis, it may be hard to keep track of which file you've been working on lately. PDF Expert offers a solution for that - you can use Recents or Favorites. Mac iPad iPhone There are two ways of accessing your Recents in PDF Expert for Mac. The first one is in the main view of the app once you open a...
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    Sort files and folders by name, date, and size

    PDF Expert for iOS has a range of sorting options, such as name, date and size. What is even more exciting, you can actually sort the files not only in the My Files section of the app, but also inside folders and subfolders as well, and even on your cloud storage accounts added to the app. In PDF Expert, you can sort your folders and files by one of...
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    Password protect PDFs

    In order to make sure your file is protected from any unwanted privacy violation, PDF Expert offers an option to set a password for your PDF - you can be sure that only those people who know the password can unlock your file and access any data.   Note: We're using a standard Apple's encryption for password protection. How to password protect a PDF ...
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    Save the file as flatten

    Some of the basic PDF viewers might be unable to display advanced annotations - in some cases, you will simply need to protect your annotations and make them stay right there, unchanged, even if someone opens your file. For this purpose, we have an option to save your file as a flattened copy.   Flattening basically makes all the active elements of ...
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    Reduce the PDF file size

    In case you need to reduce your file's size, no matter if it's for sending it out via email or just to save some space, PDF Expert lets you optimize PDF files right on your iOS device or Mac. You can select the desired quality and even see the size of the future file. The file size reduction is not available in the free version of the app.  Note:  T...
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    Merge PDFs

    With PDF Expert, you can easily merge two or more PDF files into one without even opening them - if needed, you can re-arrange the pages manually in your new file to your liking.  Note: The option to merge PDFs is one of the features available in a subscription-based version of PDF Expert. If you've previously purchased PDF Expert 6, you can still m...
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    Manage annotated pages

    If you need to extract, share or delete only the PDF pages with annotations, you can easily do so in PDF Expert for iOS. The iOS version's Thumbnail view lets you manage only annotated pages. As for the Mac version, there isn't such an option for now and annotated pages are to be managed as the usual ones. How to manage annotated pages Open a file. ...
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    Move files and folders

    PDF Expert for iOS lets you easily create folders and subfolders as well as move files and folders to organize them in the best possible way. As for the Mac version of the app, it doesn't have a folder structure due to the specifics of the macOS system design - even though you access your files through PDF Expert, they are saved locally on your Mac,...
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    Switch between the Grid and List views

    PDF Expert for iOS supports two views for files and folders within the app: Grid view List view To change the view, go to the My Files  section or any folder you created, tap ... at the top right, and tap a respective icon....
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    Mark files and folders with color tags

    PDF Expert for iOS lets you color code files and folders to organize them more effectively. Here’s how to add a color tag: Launch PDF Expert. Tap  More … on a file or folder. Select Mark With Color Tag. Pick a color. How to add color tags to multiple files at once: Tap ... at the top right > Select  . Choose the needed files or folders. On iPad, ...
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    Open a file in PDF Expert

    Mac iOS PDF Expert for Mac supports several ways to open PDF files. Drag and drop. On the ‘New tab’ screen, drag-n-drop any PDF file from Finder to a highlighted area. Open directly. On a ‘New tab’ screen, press ‘Select file…’ and choose a document from the file selection window. Drag the file to the Dock icon. When PDF Expert is in your Dock, drag-n-...
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    Organize your files with Inbox

    Living in an age of digital freedom and limitless access to information, we have to process hundreds of data pieces daily. This might be challenging and time-consuming, as well as stressful. Since day one, PDF Expert has been aiming to make paperless routines easy and effortless - our app is a powerful hub for all kinds of PDF files you might be dea...
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    Page Resize

    The page resize option for PDFs offers users greater flexibility and control over their documents, allowing them to customize page dimensions to suit their specific requirements for printing, viewing, or sharing. There are several entry points for this feature in PDF Expert on Mac: Right-click on a page to select Page Resize Scan&OCR section >...
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    Access your device files via the Files app folder

    The Files app folder in PDF Expert provides a seamless connection to Apple's Files app, giving you access to all your device files without switching applications. This integration streamlines your workflow by eliminating the need to switch between apps and comes automatically set up when you first launch PDF Expert. It allows you to browse, open, an...
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