Essential PDF tools every student needs

1 min read·25 July 2026

Students work with PDFs constantly: articles, syllabi, lecture notes, thesis drafts. PDFrust helps you manage study materials more efficiently, merge documents, and prepare submissions.

Merge articles and reading lists

Got dozens of PDF articles for a course and want to combine them into one reading bundle? Use the merge tool to join all articles in the correct reading order. Add page numbers for easy navigation through the combined bundle.

Prepare a thesis for submission

Many universities require PDFs meeting specific requirements: A4 page size, page numbers, specific margins. Use the resize tool for format, margins tool for margins, numbers tool for page numbering, and compress to meet any file size limit.

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Digitise handwritten notes

Scanned your handwritten notes? Apply the OCR tool to make the text searchable. You can then use Ctrl+F to search through your handwritten content — extremely useful when revising for exams.

Extract text from large PDFs

Use the pdf2text tool to export the full text of an article as a plain text file. Paste it into a word processor or AI summarisation tool. Combine with the split tool to extract only the relevant sections first.