Emily Clarke

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Emily Clarke writes guides for OneClickPDF, the free PDF toolkit that works entirely in your browser.

Posts by Emily Clarke (18)

  • Illustration: a magnifying glass over a laptop's browser window showing a PDF page, with a dashed arrow from the page to a cloud stopped by a cross
    PDF Editor

    How to Tell if an Online PDF Tool Uploads Your File: A 1-Minute Test

    Privacy pages make promises; your browser shows what actually happens. Two checks, about a minute each, tell you whether a PDF tool sends your file to a server: the Network tab on a computer, and a practice run followed by an offline run on any device, phones included.

    Emily Clarke

  • Illustration: a greyish, slightly tilted scanned page crossed by a violet scanning beam, with a curved arrow leading to a clean page of text lines and a small globe above it
    PDF Conversion

    How to Translate a Scanned PDF: Run OCR First, Then Translate

    If a PDF translator says it found no text, your PDF is a scan: a picture of a page. Here is the two-step fix: free OCR in your browser to make the words readable, then translation into 40+ languages, with the first page free.

    Emily Clarke

  • Illustration: a highlighted line of text pulled off a PDF page breaks into scattered jigsaw pieces before it reaches an empty clipboard
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    Why Can't I Copy Text From a PDF? Scans, Locks and Broken Fonts

    Nothing highlights, Copy is greyed out, or the text pastes as symbols: each points to a different cause. Here is a 30-second test to tell them apart, the fix for each, and the one thing not to do with a PDF that blocks copying.

    Emily Clarke

  • Illustration: a PDF page with some lines covered by black bars and others left plain, a shield with a check mark beside it, and a red arrow leading to a chat window with two empty speech bubbles
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    Is It Safe to Upload a PDF to ChatGPT? What It Keeps, What to Hide

    Before you ask ChatGPT about a payslip, contract or offer letter, check what OpenAI says it keeps and black out what the assistant doesn't need. Step by step, in your browser, with what the AI can still read afterwards.

    Emily Clarke

  • Illustration: a document page held back by a closed barrier, and beside it a curved arrow with a wrench above it leading to two more pages, the last with a different layout
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    Google Translate PDF Not Working? 5 Causes and How to Fix Each

    When Google Translate won't take your PDF, or hands it back untranslated, one of five limits on Google's own help page is almost always the reason. Here is how to tell which one, how to fix it, and another way to translate the PDF that doesn't upload the file.

    Emily Clarke

  • Illustration: a printer between two document pages; the page on the left has its bottom corner cut away, the page on the right fits inside a full sheet with an even white border and a check mark beside it
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    PDF Prints Cut Off or Too Small? How to Fix the Page Size

    A PDF that prints with its edges missing, or shrunk into the middle of the sheet, almost always comes down to the page size, the paper and the scale setting disagreeing. Here is how to tell which one, fix it in the print dialog, and fix the file so it prints right for everyone.

    Emily Clarke

  • Illustration: a PDF page inside a browser window with a padlock on the window, while thin lines of text leave the page through a slot in the window edge towards a speech bubble holding two smaller speech bubbles
    PDF Conversion

    Is It Safe to Translate a Confidential PDF Online? What Gets Sent

    Before you translate a contract, medical letter or HR file online, check what actually leaves your device and what the service says it does with it. We compare Google Translate, DeepL, Word and OneClickPDF, and show how to remove names before you translate.

    Emily Clarke

  • Illustration: a browser window with a document page lying on its side, and a curved teal arrow turning it into an upright page marked with a check mark
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    How to Rotate a PDF in Firefox and Save It the Right Way Up

    Firefox's PDF viewer turns pages with one key, but the saved file comes back sideways. Here's the shortcut, why the turn isn't kept, and how to save a PDF the right way up without installing anything.

    Emily Clarke

  • Illustration: an open laptop showing a document page with a handwritten signature on its signature line, beside a small padlock
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    How to Sign a PDF on Windows 10 or 11 for Free, Without Acrobat

    Windows has no PDF signing app of its own, but you don't need Acrobat. Here are three free ways to sign a PDF on a Windows 10 or 11 laptop, what each one gives you, and which to pick for a contract, a form or a quick reply.

    Emily Clarke

  • Illustration: a thick, bulging PDF page pressing down a kitchen weighing scale, with an oversized landscape photograph sticking out of its edge
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    Why Is My PDF So Big? Six Causes and What Fixes Each

    Words take almost no space in a PDF. Photos, scans, whole fonts, attached files and leftovers from old saves do. Here is how to find which one is behind your big file, what each fix gave us on a real example, and which fixes keep your text selectable.

    Emily Clarke

  • Illustration: a PDF page with a tag tied to its corner, and a magnifying glass over the tag showing a person icon, a calendar icon and a folder icon
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    What Is PDF Metadata? What It Reveals About You and How to Check

    Every PDF carries properties you never see on the page: often your name, the time you made it, the app you used, sometimes the folder it came from. Here's what PDF metadata is, how to check it, and what clearing it really removes.

    Emily Clarke

  • Illustration: a browser window showing a web page, with one line covered by a solid dark bar and the line below it broken into soft grey squares, next to a shield
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    How to Blur Part of a Screenshot in Chrome (and When to Black It Out)

    Before you share a screenshot, hide the email, phone number or card details in it. Here's how to blur or black out part of a screenshot in Chrome, why blurred text isn't always gone, and a checklist of what people forget to hide.

    Emily Clarke

  • Illustration: a smartphone showing a document page with grey lines, a curved arrow leading to a second page with the same lines in indigo, and a small padlock at the phone's base
    PDF Conversion

    How to Translate a PDF on Your Phone: iPhone and Android, No App

    Google Translate's document feature doesn't work on phones, and most PDF apps want a subscription. Here's how to translate a PDF in your phone's browser: get the file in, check the free first page, pay $0.99 only if you need the rest, and find the download.

    Emily Clarke

  • Illustration: a balance scale with a PDF page on one pan and a stack of plain coins on the other, beside an hourglass
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    Online PDF Tools Pricing Compared: Smallpdf, iLovePDF, Sejda, PDF24

    What the free plans of Smallpdf, iLovePDF, Sejda, PDF24 and Adobe actually limit, what their paid plans cost in the UK and US, and where your file goes. Every figure is from the vendor's own page, checked on 26 October 2026.

    Emily Clarke

  • Illustration: a text page with a small table, a paper receipt and a page with a folded corner, each following an arrow into one stack of pages held by a green binder clip
    PDF Conversion

    Combine Word, JPG and PDF Files Into One PDF in 3 Steps

    A merge tool joins PDFs, so a Word file and phone photos need turning into PDFs first. Here is the three-step route, which step sends your file to a server, and what the finished PDF keeps.

    Emily Clarke

  • Illustration: two PDF pages side by side. On the left, a black bar peels up at one end to show a grey text line still underneath, next to a red warning sign; on the right, the black bars lie flat in the page beside a red check mark badge.
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    Can You Remove Redaction From a PDF? Only If It Was Done Badly

    A properly redacted PDF can't be unredacted: the hidden words are no longer in the file. A black box drawn on top of text is another story. Here is why redactions fail, the leaks people miss, and how to redact a PDF in your browser so nothing comes back.

    Emily Clarke

  • Illustration: a long webpage being scanned by a band of indigo light as it flows out of a browser window onto two sheets of paper, one with a dark redaction box
    PDF Conversion

    Save a Full-Page Screenshot as PDF in Chrome: ScreenSnap 1.3.0

    How to capture a whole webpage in Chrome and save it as a PDF with ScreenSnap, a free extension: page sizes, hiding personal details, when a screenshot PDF is the wrong tool, and what changed in version 1.3.0.

    Emily Clarke

  • Illustration: a PDF page in a browser window with one line lifted and highlighted for editing, beside a padlock
    PDF Editor

    Edit PDF Online Free, No Sign-Up: Change the Real Text

    Most free online PDF editors paste a white box over your words and upload your file. Our rebuilt Edit PDF changes the PDF's own text, in its original font, right in your browser — no sign-up, no watermark, no upload.

    Emily Clarke