PDF page count and file check
Page count, page sizes, orientation, whether there is real text, and how big it all is.
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Quick facts
- What it does
- Reports the page count, page sizes, orientation, file size and whether the document has a selectable text layer.
- Input
- Output
- A report on screen — no file is produced
- Processing
- In your browser
- Files uploaded?
- No
- Account required?
- No
- Best for
- Checking a document against a submission limit, or finding out why a file is unexpectedly large.
- Main limitation
- It reads and reports. It does not change the file in any way.
How to use this tool
- Upload your PDF.
- Read the report — nothing is changed and nothing is downloaded.
Why use iBuildPDF
Before printing a bundle, before sending it to a portal with a page limit, before paying a print shop by the page — it helps to know what you actually have. Mixed page sizes in particular ruin a print run and are invisible until it is too late.
How it works
The document structure is read and summarised: page count, the dimensions of each distinct page size, orientation, whether a text layer exists, and the file size. Nothing is written and nothing is downloaded.
Frequently asked questions
How does it know whether my PDF is a scan?
It checks whether the pages contain extractable text. A page with images but no text is almost always a scan — and that is exactly the document that needs OCR before anything else will work on it.
Why do mixed page sizes matter?
Printers handle them badly: pages get scaled unpredictably or a tray change is triggered halfway through. If the report shows more than one size, Resize PDF will even them out.
How does it decide whether there is a text layer?
It reads the text from the first twenty pages and looks for more than a handful of characters. That is decisive for the question people are actually asking and it keeps a 900-page document instant, but a file whose first twenty pages are scanned and whose later pages are typed will be reported as a scan.
Why are the page sizes given in millimetres?
Because that is the unit every paper size is defined in, and it makes an odd one obvious: 210 by 297 is A4, 216 by 279 is Letter, and anything else is a page that will print at a size nobody chose.
Will it tell me if the file is password protected or damaged?
Not as a line in the report. A file the browser cannot open produces an error naming the reason instead — an encrypted PDF has to be opened with its password elsewhere, and a damaged one is a job for Repair PDF.
Is the file changed or downloaded?
Neither. This tool only reads. Nothing is written, there is no download button, and the file never leaves your browser — so it is safe to run on a document you are not allowed to send anywhere.
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