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The Toolerax Blog — Page 10

Practical guides and tips to get the most out of our tools — and the concepts behind them.

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How to Convert JPG Images to a PDF

A complete guide to converting JPG and PNG images into a single PDF: page order, orientation, file size, DPI, scanning documents with a phone, and privacy.

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How to Split a PDF into Separate Pages

A complete guide to splitting PDFs: extract a page range, split every page into its own file, keep quality, and avoid common mistakes.

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Mastering CSS box-shadow

Understand every value in CSS box-shadow — offset, blur, spread, color and inset — and learn the layering trick behind realistic, modern shadows.

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How to Merge PDF Files for Free

A complete guide to merging PDF files free: how it works, keeping quality, page order, bookmarks, form fields, privacy and mistakes to avoid.

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What Are UTM Parameters?

UTM parameters explained: what utm_source, medium, campaign, term and content do, how analytics reads them, and naming conventions that keep your reports clean.

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Binary, Decimal, Hex & Octal Explained

How number bases work, converting binary to decimal and hex, why hex maps perfectly to binary, why computers use binary at all, and where each base shows up.

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How to Convert Time Between Time Zones

Converting time zones properly: UTC offsets, why daylight saving breaks fixed maths, the date-rollover trap, and scheduling meetings globally.

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How to Crop an Image the Right Way

A complete guide to cropping images: crop vs resize, the rule of thirds, aspect ratios for every platform, safe zones, and cropping without losing quality.

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The Anatomy of a URL

A clear breakdown of every part of a URL — scheme, host, port, path, query string and fragment — plus how tracking tags work.

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How to Remove an Image Background for Free

How AI background removal works, how to shoot photos that cut out cleanly, why hair and glass are hard, and why running it in your browser keeps photos private.

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When to Use Base64 Images (Data URIs)

What data URIs are, the 33% size penalty, why inlining destroys caching, the few cases where it genuinely helps, and why most sites should not use it.

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PNG vs JPG vs WebP: Which Should You Use?

A full comparison of PNG, JPG and WebP — transparency, compression, quality, file size and browser support — plus AVIF, SVG and a decision guide.

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