FileFiddler Guides
Practical documentation for the file problems behind the tools. These guides explain what is happening, what can go wrong, and what to check before you rely on an output.
Why a PDF Table Is Not an Excel Table
Understand why a table that looks perfectly aligned in a PDF may not contain rows or columns, and what a converter must reconstruct before it can create a useful spreadsheet.
Text PDF vs Scanned PDF: Which Conversion Method Should You Use?
Learn how to tell whether a PDF contains real selectable text or page images, and why the right extraction method changes the result.
How FileFiddler Reconstructs a PDF Table into Excel
A practical explanation of PDF text coordinates, row grouping, column boundaries, manual corrections and XLSX output in FileFiddler.
From Image to Excel: OCR Is Only Half the Job
See how OCR text recognition differs from table reconstruction and why image clarity, geometry and column correction matter.
Editable PDF to Word: Why Perfect Layout and Easy Editing Compete
Understand the trade-off between preserving PDF appearance and producing genuinely editable Word content.
FIFO Ledger Aging Explained with a Worked Example
Learn how credit days, invoice dates and FIFO receipt allocation produce outstanding and overdue balances in a customer or supplier ledger.
How to Split a Large PDF by Branch, Account Type or Repeating Label
A practical guide to detecting repeating page labels and turning one mixed PDF into separate category PDFs.
Image Resize vs Compression: Which One Actually Makes a File Smaller?
Learn the difference between pixel dimensions, encoding quality and image format so you can reduce file size without unnecessary quality loss.