PDF processingBeginner
Batch Management of Research PDFs
Batch-organise papers, reports, scanned materials and project files: merge, split, compress, rename, OCR and archive PDFs.
PDF24 CreatorStirling PDF
30 min – 2 hours 5 stepsView workflow
Free PDF toolbox supporting merging, splitting, compression, conversion, OCR, watermarks and page operations.
PDF24 Creator is a free PDF toolbox for Windows users, providing PDF creation, merging, splitting, compression, conversion, OCR, watermarking, page numbering, page extraction, page rotation and more. It suits researchers handling paper PDFs, scanned materials, submission attachments and course materials, and batch-organising documents.
Use cases: PDF merging, PDF splitting, PDF compression, PDF OCR, PDF watermarking, organising paper attachments, processing scanned materials
Note: PDF24 is an excellent free tool but should not simply be labelled open source; it is best categorised as "free, not open source".