Recipes: jobs that cross tools, started with a drop
Common jobs as a sequence of tools. Drop a file and the first tool opens; each time you save a result, the bar at the top hands it to the next tool.
Tidy a contract
Admin, legal
SplitSummariseAskDrop here to startTap to choose filesOne PDFOpen on a phone
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Finish product photos
E-commerce, communications
Make them squareCut the product out onto whiteShrinkDeliverDrop here to startTap to choose filesPhotos (up to 200 per delivery)Open on a phone
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Record a meeting
Meetings, interviews
Captions and speakersAsk for the pointsHand the notes overDrop here to startTap to choose filesOne recordingOpen on a phone
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Make a roster safe to share
HR, sales
Fix garbled textHide personal dataHand it overDrop here to startTap to choose filesOne CSVOpen on a phone
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Send a document outside, safely
Legal, admin, advisers
Black outRemove author detailsHand it overDrop here to startTap to choose filesOne PDFOpen on a phone
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Read a foreign-language document
Trade, HR
TranslateAsk about itDrop here to startTap to choose filesWord, Excel, subtitles...Open on a phone
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Turn scans into a searchable archive
Accounts, admin
Recognise textSearch them allDrop here to startTap to choose filesScanned PDFsOpen on a phone
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Invoices → list → match with payments
Accounts
Name the invoices and list them (CSV)Match the list with the bank’s CSVDrop here to startTap to choose filesInvoice PDFsOpen on a phone
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Find that document and ask about it
Office, sales, advisers
Search by the words insideAsk about the one you foundDrop here to startTap to choose filesPDF, Word, Excel and moreOpen on a phone
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Phone photos to an upload-ready PDF
Applications and forms
HEIC to JPGPut them in one PDFShrink it to the portal’s size limitHand it over directlyDrop here to startTap to choose filesPhone photos (HEIC, JPG)Open on a phone
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People or product photos on a white background, in one PDF
Product pages and staff pages
White background (people; choose "Things & animals" for a product)Make them lighterPut them in one PDFDrop here to startTap to choose filesPhotos of people or products (JPG, PNG, HEIC)Open on a phone
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Translated subtitles for a video
Video, streaming, audiences abroad
Make subtitlesTranslate them (an AI draft: check it)Open the video, load the translated subtitles, burn them inDrop here to startTap to choose filesOne videoOpen on a phone
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Total a table from a paper scan
Accounting and admin
Read the text (OCR)PDF table to CSVAdd it upDrop here to startTap to choose filesA scanned PDF of a tableOpen on a phone
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Black out, check nothing was missed, then hand over
Legal, admin, professional firms
Black outLeak checkHand the blacked-out PDF over directlyDrop here to startTap to choose filesOne PDFOpen on a phone
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A table in a PDF, tidied into Excel
Accounting, admin, sales
Take the table out of the PDFEven out full-width characters and spacesMake it an Excel fileDrop here to startTap to choose filesA PDF with a tableOpen on a phone
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A meeting in another language, as translated notes
International meetings, interviews
Make subtitlesTranslate the subtitles (an AI draft: check it)Write meeting notes from the translated subtitlesDrop here to startTap to choose filesOne audio or video fileOpen on a phone
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Product photos on white, all one size
Online shops, marketplaces
White background (things and animals)Same size for all, then save (several as one ZIP)Drop here to startTap to choose filesProduct photos (JPG, PNG, HEIC)Open on a phone
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The shelf: PDF recipes by field
The PDF site's official recipes, by field. Open one and drop the files; the steps run in order.
Drop and forget: folder automation
A PDF recipe can watch a folder: pick an input and an output folder once, and every file you drop is processed into the folder next door (Business). From "Run from a folder" on any recipe page.
My recipes
- Recipes you save on any tool appear here (in this browser only).
Use each tool as usual and save the result. Press "Hand to ..." in the bar and that result goes to the next tool. Stopping halfway is fine.