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Welcome to
PDF Extra!
Go through our short introductory guide to
learn the app’s navigation, main features
and how to best use them.
The first screen you’ll see after
opening PDF Extra is the Home tab,
containing handy quick-access
shortcuts to some of the app’s most
practical and often used features.
Let’s take a closer look at each.
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Scan to PDF - Use your device’s
camera to scan paper documents
and turn them into PDFs.
Image to PDF - Turn an image from
your internal storage or cloud drive
into a PDF.
PDF to Image - Turn a PDF into an
image (JPEG) file.
View - Select and view a PDF.
Change scrolling options for easier
reading.
Fill and Sign - Fill out PDF forms
and sign them with your own
custom signature.
Edit - Make wholesale changes to
a PDF’s text, images, and structure.
Merge PDFs - Combine several PDFs
or selected pages into a single PDF.
Rearrange Pages - Shuffle, delete,
and manage your PDF’s pages.
Office to PDF - Select a Word, Excel,
or ePub file, and convert it to PDF.
PDF to Office - Convert a PDF to
a Word, Excel, or ePub file.
Cloud Storage - Access your
dedicated MobiDrive cloud storage.
Print - Select sizes, number of copies,
pages, and more, then Print the
selected PDF.
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At the top left corner of the Home screen you can also find the Context menu, acting as a practical way to quickly navigate through the app. Here you can find:
Context menu
Account
Tap on the profile
icon to log into your
account, make
changes and more.
Home
Go back to the
Home menu.
MobiDrive
Access your dedicated
MobiDrive cloud storage.
My Documents
Navigate through
your device’s internal
storage.
Help and Feedback
Find useful information
on our Help Center, join
our beta group, and
more.
Add cloud
Connect PDF Extra
with existing Google
Drive, Dropbox, Box,
or OneDrive accounts.
Settings
Make general changes to
the way the app functions.
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PDF Extra is designed for you to always have access to the most commonly used functions, regardless of where you are in the app. In the Home tab this is done via the quick- access tiles, everywhere else you have the Create button. Found at the bottom right corner of any navigational screen, tapping it will allow you to quickly Import an image, Convert a file, or Scan using your device camera.
Creating a PDF
Import an image
Scan using your
device camera
Convert a file
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Files
Once you’ve created a PDF, or navigated to one, you can tap and hold to access general management features such as Copy, Print, Convert, Delete, Rename and more. The available options will be displayed at the top right corner of the screen, and will vary depending on the type of file you’ve selected
File Management
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Once you tap on a PDF you’ll open it by default in Reader mode. Designed mainly for practical viewing of documents, or reading eBooks, the Reader mode’s set of options can be found at the top right corner of the screen. Here you can find practical features such as Save, Print, Zoom, Text-to-Speech, View Settings and many more.
Opening & Viewing
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Attempting to open a file other
than PDF will present you with
options to Open it using a
compatible app on your device,
or Convert it to PDF and then
open it in PDF Extra.
To start making changes to a PDF you need to activate Editor mode. This is done by tapping on the red button at the bottom right side of any PDF in Reader mode. After tapping it you’ll see that the features are split into three main categories.
Editing a PDF
Comment
Edit
Fill & Sign
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Offers a wide range of features to leave feedback via adding notes, text formatting, shapes, images, or even entire files. Comment
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Contains tools for easy filling in, signing, and protecting of PDF forms and other documents, such as contracts.
Fill & Sign
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Edit
Here you can make in-depth changes to
any aspect of your PDF’s text and images,
as well as to restructure the entire file by
merging it with another PDF, or rearranging
its pages.
Once you’ve selected the type of operation you want to perform, all the available features will appear at the bottom of the screen. Scroll horizontally between them, find the one you need and tap on it to start editing your PDF. To help you learn faster, once tapped most features will present a small tooltip at the center of the screen for added practicality.
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Thank you for taking the time to go through our
introductory guide.
To learn more, you can check out our Help Center
full of helpful topics, or just dive right in and start exploring everything PDF Extra has to offer.