PDF Tools

Getting Started

Your LetterStream account includes a suite of PDF tools designed to help you format and modify your documents for mailing. These tools are available at no extra cost and can also be used for non-mailing purposes outside of LetterStream.

Overview of PDF Tools

With these tools, you can:

Merge, crop, rotate, or shift content within PDFs
Extract pages or addresses
Convert color documents to black & white
Prepare documents to meet mailing specifications

These options help ensure your files are correctly formatted for fast and accurate mailing.

PDF Tool Descriptions

PDF PreFlight

Previews your document layout against LetterStream’s envelope specs.
Helps ensure address placement fits within windowed envelopes.
Displays the first page with overlayed formatting guides.

Click here for more information on the PreFlight tool.

Shift PDF Contents

Moves the content of your PDF up, down, left, or right by specified measurements (in inches).
Ideal for aligning mispositioned documents.

Join Multiple PDFs

Combine multiple PDFs into a single file.
Upload files in the order you want them to appear.

PDF White Out

Covers unwanted sections of a PDF with a white overlay.
Useful for removing content without recreating the file.

Extract Pages from Sets

Extract specific pages from multi-page PDF sets.
Options include:
- Set page groups (e.g., sets of 10)
- Extract specific pages from each set (e.g., 1,2)
- Or leave the "Pages Per Set" option empty to extract a range of pages (e.g., 1–10)

Convert Color PDF to B&W

Converts full-color PDFs to black and white.
Useful for reducing printing costs.

PDF Cropping Tool

Allows you to select and crop a specific area of a PDF page.
Useful for trimming borders or removing sections.

PDF Rotate

Rotates pages within your PDF file.
Choose direction (clockwise or counter clockwise).

Extract Addresses from PDF

Upload a PDF with recipient addresses (like mailing labels).
The tool extracts the addresses into a CSV file format for use in mailings.