PDF Workflow Builder
Chain two PDF operations — Merge, Compress, Rotate, Watermark, or Extract Pages — into one run. Free, private, runs entirely in your browser.
Step 1
Rotate
Click to select a PDF file, or drag and drop
Your file never leaves your browserStep 2 (applied to Step 1's result)
Compress
How to Chain Two PDF Operations
- Pick a Step 1 operation — Merge, Compress, Rotate, Watermark, or Extract Pages — and upload the file(s) it needs.
- Pick a Step 2 operation, which runs on the result of Step 1 (an extra file input appears if Step 2 is Merge or Extract Pages).
- Click Run — Step 1 is applied first, producing an intermediate PDF, then Step 2 is applied to that result.
- Download the final PDF.
Example
Choosing Merge for Step 1 with two uploaded PDFs, then Watermark for Step 2, combines both files into one document and stamps "CONFIDENTIAL" diagonally across every page of the result — two operations, one download, no intermediate file to manage yourself.
Common Use Cases
- Merging two PDFs and immediately compressing the combined result.
- Extracting a page range and watermarking it in one pass.
- Rotating a scanned document and then shrinking its file size before sharing.
FAQ
- Can I chain more than two steps? Not in this tool — it's intentionally limited to a two-step chain. For longer chains, download the Step 1+2 result and run it through this tool (or another PDF tool) again.
- What does Rotate do here? A fixed 90° clockwise rotation applied to every page, matching the default of the standalone Rotate PDF tool.
- What does Watermark do here? It stamps the fixed text "CONFIDENTIAL" diagonally across every page — for custom watermark text, use the standalone Watermark PDF tool instead.
- What does Compress do here? The same lossless, object-stream compression used by the standard mode of the Compress PDF tool — it re-packs the file's internal structure without changing how pages look.
- Does this support password-protected PDFs? No — to keep the chained workflow simple, this tool expects unencrypted PDFs. Unlock a password-protected file with the Unlock PDF tool first.
- Is my file uploaded anywhere? No — both steps run entirely in your browser; files are never sent to a server.