Guides
Short, practical walkthroughs for the file tasks that forms, shops and offices ask of you.
- How to Compress a Photo to 50 KB (or 20, 100, 200 KB)Application forms often reject photos that are too large. Here is how to bring a photo under an exact KB limit without making it look worse than it has to.
- Pixels, Millimetres and DPI: Sizing a Photo for an Online FormForms ask for photo sizes in pixels, millimetres or inches, sometimes with a DPI. This explains how the units relate and how to produce the exact size.
- How to Convert iPhone HEIC Photos to JPGMany websites refuse HEIC files from an iPhone. Here is why, how to convert them to JPG in your browser, and how to make the iPhone take JPG in the first place.
- How to Make a Passport Photo at HomeTake an ID photo with your phone, crop it to the required size, change the background and print several copies on one sheet of photo paper.
- How to Make a Wi-Fi QR Code for GuestsLet guests join your Wi-Fi by pointing their phone camera at a printed code instead of typing a long password. How to make one, and what to watch out for.
- EAN-13 or UPC-A: Which Barcode Does Your Product Need?The difference between EAN-13 and UPC-A, where each is used, where the numbers come from, and how to print a barcode that scans the first time.
- How to Remove the Background from a Product PhotoGet a clean cut-out of a product, a person or a drawing in your browser, and choose the right mode so the result needs as little fixing as possible.
- How to Turn Photos of Documents into One PDFCombine phone photos or scans into a single PDF, put the pages in order, and shrink the file so it fits an upload limit.