> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.mediamonster.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Documents

> Convert Office, PDF, and ebooks, then merge, split, OCR, or pull the words out. Some of it is free.

Document skills take a PDF, Word file, sheet, deck, ebook, or other text file. Filter the [skills catalogue](https://mediamonster.app/skills) by **Document**.

`POST /api/v1/convert` does **not** write documents. Use `convert-document` (or another document skill) instead.

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Per-page rates bill at least one page. Split the PDF and PDF to pictures refuse files longer than **100 pages** rather than cutting them short.

## Finish

| Skill              | Takes    | Credits                      |
| ------------------ | -------- | ---------------------------- |
| Convert a document | Document | 2 / file                     |
| Merge PDFs         | PDF      | 0 / file. Joins a set        |
| Split the PDF      | PDF      | 0 / file. Makes a set        |
| Keep some pages    | PDF      | 0 / file                     |
| Compress the PDF   | PDF      | 0 / file                     |
| Make it PDF/A      | PDF      | 2 / file                     |
| Lock the PDF       | PDF      | 0 / file. Needs a password   |
| Unlock the PDF     | PDF      | 0 / file. Needs the password |
| HTML to PDF        | HTML     | 2 / file                     |
| PDF to pictures    | PDF      | 1 / page. Makes a set        |
| Pictures to PDF    | Image    | 0 / file. Joins a set        |

Merge PDFs and Pictures to PDF have no `/skills/<slug>` page. They only make sense under a set, so they live on the Workbench.

## Fix

| Skill              | Takes | Credits  |
| ------------------ | ----- | -------- |
| Make it searchable | PDF   | 3 / page |
| Repair the PDF     | PDF   | 2 / file |

## Change

| Skill             | Takes | Credits                   |
| ----------------- | ----- | ------------------------- |
| Rotate the pages  | PDF   | 0 / file                  |
| Stamp a watermark | PDF   | 1 / file. Needs the words |
| Crop the PDF      | PDF   | 0 / file                  |
| Add page numbers  | PDF   | 1 / file                  |
| Reorder the pages | PDF   | 0 / file                  |

## Describe

| Skill             | Takes    | Credits  |
| ----------------- | -------- | -------- |
| Pull the text out | Document | 1 / file |
| Summarise it      | Document | 4 / file |
| Translate it      | Document | 6 / file |
| PDF to Markdown   | PDF      | 2 / file |

Translate it hands back a **text file**, not a laid-out PDF. About the first fifteen pages of a long file are translated.

## Caveats

* **Convert a document** — PDF to Word keeps the words, not always the exact layout. A file converts within its kind — a sheet to a sheet, slides to slides — or to PDF.
* **Split the PDF** and **PDF to pictures** — up to 100 pages. A longer file is refused.
* **Repair the PDF** — a badly broken file may still come back unreadable.

See [Formats](/formats) for what you can drop in, and [Free tools](/skills/free-tools) for the zero-credit PDF skills.