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FeaturedOctober 3, 2026 · 2 min read

How to shrink a PDF for email without making it unreadable

Which compression level to pick, why scanned files behave differently, and what to do when the file still won’t fit.

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PRODUCT UPDATE

New: CSV to JSON converter (and JSON back to CSV)

Paste a CSV or drop a file and get clean JSON. Detects the delimiter, handles quoted fields, and converts back to CSV with Arabic-safe output for Excel.

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PRODUCT UPDATE

New: HEIC to JPG converter for iPhone photos

Open your iPhone photos anywhere. Convert HEIC to JPG or PNG in your browser, many at once, with nothing uploaded.

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PRODUCT UPDATE

New: PDF to Word, with Arabic and scanned-file support

Turn a PDF into a Word document you can actually edit: real paragraphs, headings, lists and tables, Arabic right to left, and OCR for scans.

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PRODUCT UPDATE

New: Word, Excel and PowerPoint to PDF, plus OCR in English and Arabic

Five new tools turn office files into PDFs and make scans searchable and selectable.

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PRODUCT UPDATE

New: Photo Metadata Viewer & Remover

See the GPS, camera and date data hidden in a photo — and strip it before you share.

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PRIVACY

What happens to your file when you use i40x

Which tools never upload, which do, and how long anything is kept.

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GUIDE

Strong passwords you can actually type

Length beats symbols. How to set the generator for the account you’re protecting.

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PRODUCT UPDATE

Dynamic QR codes now show scan stats

Change where a printed code points, and see how often it is scanned.

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TIP

Word count or character count: which limit applies where

Essays, meta descriptions, posts and SMS each count differently.

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