![]() Every time, we got ‘Merging file failed!’ We even tried merging two copies of the same plain document. Even very simple plain PDFs wouldn’t merge. What about ‘PDF Merge’? That’s another cool sounding idea, letting you combine multiple PDFs into a single document. We went back to it the next day and it was still ‘Loading PDF Preview…’ So, we gave up.Įven really simple text-only PDFs failed to merge when we tested the service (Image credit: Easy PDF) Even a basic 3-page PDF composed of plain text made us wait forever. The files we tried uploaded fine, but then we waited for the service as it told us it was ‘Loading PDF Preview…’ ‘PDF Split’ sounds interesting: you upload a PDF and split it into separate pages… but it just wouldn’t work for us. It probably would be easier to remove those other icons and just bring this one front and centre to clean up the interface. You can’t even add multiple files to convert them all at once, so essentially it’s just a simplification of the individual tools we already explored above. Upload it, click ‘Create PDF’, and it’s (eventually) converted. Instead this is just a tool to transform any file format (more than 100 file formats according to the service), into a PDF. edit them in some way, so as to differentiate that tool from the other ‘XX to PDF’ icons available. We expected to be able to create a PDF, i.e. Take ‘PDF Creation’ ( please, as the old joke goes). We were eager to explore those, but we were disappointed pretty fast. We now come to what look like useful tools: ‘PDF Creation’, ‘PDF Split’ and ‘PDF Merge’. Tools aren't always reliable - here Easy PDF won't display any thumbnails to select (Image credit: Easy PDF) Maybe you won’t experience this yourself when you try out the service, but knowing Easy PDF can fail so easily - and frequently when we tried it - makes it hard to recommend. You can’t really wait a few hours or even a day, if you need a file converted now. Which tells us the service is not reliable. Every single one of them.Ĭould the service have been having a bad day? Possibly, so we tried it on another day, and this time it did work. Complex files, files with columns, files with images, files with just plain text. The service came a cropper when we tried to use Word to PDF. The principle is exactly the same as when you try to convert a PDF into another format, with every step of the way being similar - you just need to select a different icon at the start. Using the JPG to PDF tool worked as expected. Sometimes, simple Word documents couldn’t even be converted to PDF on the first run (Image credit: Easy PDF) Even very simple documents failed sometimes, with no explanation as to why. It’s not perfect (no OCR is in our experience), but it’s more than good enough.īut it’s not perfect: we’ve come across instances where the conversion failed, but we were able to re-upload the original and it would work the second time around. Our scanner simply converts the page to an image, but during the conversion process, Easy PDF automatically runs an OCR through the page, turning that photo into selectable and editable text. One thing we particularly liked was when converting a scanned PDF to Word. It’s also possible to download the finished product back to the two cloud storage services. Once completed, you can download the results, and that’s painfully slow too. Have one with a photo, or a complex layout, and it takes even longer. Obviously the more complex the document, the longer it will take, although there is a noticeable delay even for simple files, containing just a few pages of plain text. The upload is very fast, but it will take some time for the conversion to take place. ![]() Importing can also be done through Dropbox or Google Drive. ![]() You can do so by dragging one from your computer straight onto the page. Select the appropriate icon and you’re asked to provide the service with a file. ![]() Choose the right tool, upload a document, and Easy PDF will convert it for you - easy (Image credit: Easy PDF)
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