📅 2026-09-05 👤 Daniel Lee ⏱ 9 min read 📂 Security PDF offers four different kinds of protection — and three of them are weaker than most people think. This guide separates real cryptography from marketing speak. Four kinds of protection, from weakest to strongest Owner password with 40-bit RC4 — present in files up […]
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📅 2026-08-12 👤 Jamie K. ⏱ 7 min read 📂 Comparison PDF freezes layout; Word lets ideas keep moving. Choosing well saves hours of rework. Side by side Property PDF DOCX Layout fidelity Pixel-perfect Reflows per viewer Editability Hard Native File size Usually smaller Usually larger Searchability Yes (if text layer) Yes Accessibility Via PDF/UA […]
Read article → 📅 2026-06-14 👤 Marco R. ⏱ 5 min read 📂 Comparison Sometimes the picture is enough. Sometimes you want pages, text, metadata and signatures. When a PDF is the right wrapper Multiple pages belong together. You want searchable text (via OCR or native text). You want to add metadata or digital signatures. You want pixel-perfect […]
Read article → 📅 2026-06-24 👤 Jamie K. ⏱ 6 min read 📂 How-to Gmail’s 25 MB limit, Outlook’s 20 MB default — the quickest way to fail at “just send me the PDF”. Target: under 10 MB Even if your mail server allows 25 MB, the recipient’s may be stricter. Target 10 MB for universal compatibility. Technique 1 — Image downsampling Images […]
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📅 2026-07-20 👤 Marco R. ⏱ 6 min read 📂 Freelance Reusing yesterday’s PDF is faster than designing today’s from scratch. Template smart and your admin shrinks from hours to minutes. Start with three templates Proposal — hero image, scope, deliverables, timeline, pricing. Invoice — logo, invoice number, line items, totals, bank details. Report — […]
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