Recommended tool connections for work

Most office jobs take more than one tool: photos become a PDF, the PDF gets shrunk, then numbered. These chains are ready to follow. Each result is handed to the next tool without copying or saving files in between, and everything runs in your browser.

Two ways to use a connection

  1. Open the first tool, do the job, then press "Send to" under the result and choose the next tool. It opens with the result already in place.
  2. Press "Add to my connections", then drop your files on that connection in the sidebar (under Recent tool connections). Every step runs by itself and you get a ZIP of the results.

Documents and scans

Turn phone photos of paperwork into one PDF for submission

Receipts, forms and ID copies photographed on a phone become a single PDF that fits an email or upload limit, with page numbers.

  1. Image to PDFAdd the photos in order; each one becomes a page of a single PDF.
  2. Compress PDFShrinks the PDF so it fits an email attachment or an upload form's size limit.
  3. PDF Page NumbersPuts a number on every page, so the reader can say "see page 3".

You get: One PDF, in order, small enough to send, with numbered pages.

Start with Image to PDF

Straighten a sideways or mirrored scan, then number and shrink it

A scanner or phone app can save pages sideways, upside down or mirrored. Put them right first, then finish the file.

  1. Flip PDFReads the text and, where a page is sideways, upside down or mirrored, puts it right by itself. A scan with no text still needs the flip buttons.
  2. PDF Page NumbersNumbers the pages of the corrected file.
  3. Compress PDFBrings the finished file down to a size you can send.

You get: A scan that reads the right way round, numbered and smaller.

Start with Flip PDF

Combine several PDFs into one numbered report

Chapters or attachments that arrive as separate PDFs become one document with continuous page numbers.

  1. Merge PDFAdd the files; they are joined in the order shown, and you can reorder or remove pages before saving.
  2. PDF Page NumbersNumbers run across the whole joined document, and the cover can be left without a number.
  3. Compress PDFBrings the finished report down to a sendable size.

You get: One report with continuous page numbers, ready to send.

Start with Merge PDF

Make a marked copy of selected pages to share outside

Send only the pages that are needed, stamped CONFIDENTIAL or COPY so the marking travels with them.

  1. Split PDFKeep only the pages you name, such as 2-4, 9, and drop the rest.
  2. PDF WatermarkLays a text watermark such as CONFIDENTIAL over the pages, in any language.
  3. Compress PDFMakes the marked copy small enough to send.

You get: A smaller PDF of just the needed pages, each marked.

Start with Split PDF

Pull the text out of a scanned page and check its length

Read a scanned page or PDF into text, then see how many characters and words it has.

  1. Image to TextReads the text on a scan, screenshot or PDF with OCR in your browser. Choose the language of the page.
  2. CounterCounts characters with and without spaces, words and lines, handy for a form with a length limit.

You get: The text from the scan, and its length.

Start with Image to Text

One numbered PDF, three versions for three readers

One result, many outputs

Make the document once, then hand the same PDF to everyone in the form they need: a small one to email, page pictures for a slide or chat, and a marked copy for review.

  1. Image to PDFAdd the photos or scans in order; each becomes a page of one PDF.
  2. PDF Page NumbersNumbers every page. All three versions below start from this numbered PDF.

Then the same result goes to each of these:

  • Compress PDFA smaller copy that fits an email attachment or an upload limit.
  • PDF to ImageEach page as a picture, for a slide, a chat message or a web page.
  • PDF WatermarkA copy with a mark across every page, for sharing a draft or a review copy.

You get: Three files from one run: a small PDF, page pictures and a marked PDF.

Start with Image to PDF

Photos and images

Prepare iPhone photos for upload: JPG, smaller, and a PDF

iPhone photos are often HEIC files that many forms, printers and sites refuse. Make them ordinary and small.

  1. HEIC to JPGConverts the HEIC photos to ordinary JPG files that every site accepts.
  2. CompressorReduces each picture's file size with little visible change.
  3. Image to PDFPuts the photos into one PDF when the form wants a single document.

You get: JPG photos that upload anywhere, and one PDF of them if needed.

Start with HEIC to JPG

Clean product photos for a shop or catalog

Remove the background, give every photo the same size, and keep the files light so pages load fast.

  1. BackgroundCuts the subject out of its background in your browser, and puts white or any color behind it.
  2. Resize ImageSets one size for all the photos, by width, height or percent.
  3. CompressorBrings the files down to a size that loads quickly.

You get: Matching product photos on a clean background, small enough for a web page.

Start with Background

Pull slides out of a PDF as pictures, then resize and shrink them

Take a chart or a slide from a PDF into a document, an email or a web page as a picture.

  1. PDF to ImageSaves each page of the PDF as a picture at the resolution you choose.
  2. Resize ImageScales the pictures to the width your document or page needs.
  3. CompressorMakes the pictures small enough to paste or upload.

You get: Right-sized, light pictures of the pages you wanted.

Start with PDF to Image

Slim down a logo SVG and export it as PNG

An SVG logo from a design program often carries editor leftovers, and some documents and sites will not take SVG at all.

  1. SVG OptimizerRemoves comments, editor data and extra digits, so the SVG is smaller and looks the same.
  2. ImageTurns the SVG into a PNG picture for slides, documents and places that do not take SVG. Pick JPG or WebP instead when you run it by hand.

You get: A lighter SVG, and a PNG of the same logo.

Start with SVG Optimizer

One photo, three uses: lighter, as a PDF page and as a PNG

One result, many outputs

Size a picture once, then get everything you usually need from it without opening three tools one by one.

  1. Resize ImageScales the picture to a width that suits documents and web pages.

Then the same result goes to each of these:

  • CompressorA lighter copy for email, chat or a web page.
  • Image to PDFThe picture as a page of a PDF, for forms that only take PDF.
  • ImageA PNG copy, for places that want lossless pictures. Pick JPG or WebP instead when you run it by hand.

You get: Three files from one picture: a lighter copy, a PDF and a PNG.

Start with Resize Image

Text, links and codes

Check where a QR code leads before you open it

A QR code in an email, a flyer or a message can hide a look-alike address. Read it and look at the link before you trust it.

  1. QR ReaderReads the QR code from a screenshot or photo and shows the link, without opening it.
  2. URL PartsBreaks the link into its parts (domain, path, parameters) so an odd domain or parameter is easy to spot.

You get: The real address behind the code, taken apart so you can judge it.

Start with QR Reader

Turn a recorded meeting into tidy notes

Write a recording down on your own device, clean up the lines, and see how long the notes are.

  1. Speech to TextTurns a recording into text with timestamps, using a speech model that runs in your browser.
  2. LinesTidies the lines: remove empty and repeated lines, sort, trim spaces.
  3. CounterCounts characters, words and lines of the finished notes.

You get: Meeting notes as clean text, and how long they are.

This one starts from a recording you choose inside the first tool, so run it step by step with Send to.

Data

Turn a spreadsheet export into JSON and ready-to-use code types

A CSV from Excel or Sheets becomes JSON a program can read, checked and laid out, and then type definitions to paste into code.

  1. CSVConverts the CSV to JSON, with quoted fields and other delimiters handled.
  2. JSONChecks that the JSON is valid and lays it out; broken JSON can be repaired.
  3. JSON to CodeWrites TypeScript interfaces (or Go, Python and more) that match the data.

You get: The same data as validated JSON, and code types for it.

Start with CSV

One spreadsheet export, two files: tidy JSON and code types

One result, many outputs

Convert a CSV once, then give the person who reads the data and the person who writes the code what each of them needs.

  1. CSVConverts the CSV to JSON, with quoted fields and other delimiters handled.

Then the same result goes to each of these:

  • JSONChecks that the JSON is valid and lays it out so people can read it.
  • JSON to CodeWrites TypeScript interfaces (or Go, Python and more) that match the data.

You get: The data as readable JSON, and code types for it, side by side.

Start with CSV

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