What it does
View
Open a PDF, page through it, zoom, two page spread, print. A reader, not an annotation suite.
Fix the paper size
Force every page to A4 or Letter, scaled to fit, so a mixed size document finally prints properly.
2 up and 4 up
Put two or four pages on one sheet. The print a packet, print the lecture notes job.
Merge
Several PDFs, in the order you choose, into one file.
Split
By page ranges, or every N pages.
Convert in
Word documents and images into PDF.
The wedge is narrow on purpose: make this printable and readable. No OCR, no e signing, no form filling, no editor chrome.
Three ways to use it
macOS app
The real workshop. Drag and drop, a tool sidebar, and batch work: drop a folder and set all of it to A4, or 2 up.
Command line
The same operations, scriptable.
explorepdf merge a.pdf b.pdf -o packet.pdf
explorepdf paper scan.pdf --size a4
explorepdf nup notes.pdf --pages 2Web
The lightweight path when you are on someone else's computer and just need one thing done.
Tell me when it opens
One email when ExplorePDF is ready to use. Nothing else, and you can leave at any time.