Web-optimize PDF

The file arranged so a browser shows page one while the rest still downloads.

or drop them here · paste

PDF · free

More free conversions, where you upload. The Fylane extension does the same work inside any upload form, on its own free share every day.Add to Chrome

How to web-optimize PDF

Drop the PDF.
Nothing to choose.
Press Optimize and download.

What happens to your file

The objects are reordered so that everything the first page needs comes first, with a hint table that lets a reader fetch later pages by byte range. Nothing is re-compressed or lost; the file is usually the same size.

This is what Acrobat calls Fast Web View. It matters for large PDFs served on a website; for email attachments it changes nothing you would notice.

Questions

Does this make the file smaller?

No — it makes the first page appear sooner. Compress PDF makes it smaller; run that first, then this.

Do it once, not on every form

Fixing a file here means downloading it and going back to the form. The Fylane extension does this work inside the form instead, on the file you already have.

And it keeps the result. The next application that asks for a résumé, a cover letter and a photo fills all three from one tap, each one refitted to what that site accepts.

Your files stay in the browser, encrypted, on your machine. Nothing is uploaded to keep them and nothing is sent anywhere to fill a form.

Filmed from the extension: three upload fields on a job application, filled from one tap.

Add to Chrome — free What it does

Do this in code

curl -X POST https://api.fylane.dev/v1/jobs \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FYLANE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "file_id": "<file id>",
    "operation": "pdf.linearize",
    "options": {}
  }'

The same operation, pdf.linearize — Fast web view: the first page arrives before the rest of the file. Upload first with the quickstart; every option is on the operations page. 500 free credits a month, then $5 per thousand.