The Toolerax Blog
Practical guides and tips to get the most out of our tools — and the concepts behind them.
File Too Large to Email? Here's Why, and the Fix
Why a 20 MB file bounces off a 25 MB limit, what the real Gmail and Outlook caps are, and how to shrink photos, PDFs and Office files so they actually send.
Read articleWhy Won't My iPhone Photos Open on My PC?
Some iPhone photos open on Windows and some don't. Here's why the same phone sends JPG one time and HEIC the next — and how to get every one open.
Read articleWhy Is My PDF File So Large?
A 3-page PDF that weighs 40 MB has a specific cause. Diagnose whether it's scan DPI, photos, fonts or hidden pages — then fix the right thing.
Read articleHow to Open a HEIC File on Windows
Windows won't open iPhone HEIC photos without a paid codec. Here are your options — including the free one that works on any Windows version.
Read articleHow to Compress a PDF to a Specific Size
Need a PDF under 100 KB, 200 KB or 1 MB for an upload form? Here's how to hit a target file size, and what to do when it won't shrink enough.
Read articleHow to Convert XPS to PDF
Convert an XPS or OXPS document to PDF online free — no XPS Viewer needed. Turn Microsoft's abandoned fixed-page format into a PDF that opens and shares everywhere.
Read articleHow to Convert WPS to PDF
Convert a Microsoft Works or Kingsoft WPS .wps file to PDF online free — no Works, no WPS Office, nothing to install. Open an old .wps document that nothing else will open.
Read articleHow to Convert WordPerfect to PDF
Convert a WordPerfect .wpd document to PDF online free — no WordPerfect installed, no Windows required. Open decades-old legacy files anywhere and keep the text readable.
Read articleHow to Convert Visio to PDF
Convert a Microsoft Visio diagram (.vsd or .vsdx) to PDF online free — no Visio installed, no Windows required. Share flowcharts and diagrams so anyone can open them.
Read articleHow to Convert Publisher to PDF
Convert a Microsoft Publisher .pub file to PDF online free — no Publisher installed, no Windows required. What survives the conversion and why PDF is the safer format to send or print.
Read articleHow to Convert Pages to PDF
Convert an Apple Pages .pages document to PDF online free — no Mac needed. When PDF beats Word as the export target, and what to check afterwards.
Read articleHow to Convert Excel to ODS
Turn an Excel workbook into an OpenDocument Spreadsheet online free. Why organisations require .ods, what survives the conversion, and what to check in formulas.
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