Ethan Brooks
Editor-in-Chief & Product Lead
Ethan leads RatPDF editorial and tests PDF merge, compress, and Office conversion workflows on real client documents. He documents engine behavior (Ghostscript, pdf2docx, LibreOffice) so guides reflect actual tool output.
ethan.brooks@ratpdf.com · RatPDF
Areas of expertise
- PDF conversion
- Document automation
- Programmatic SEO
- Small business workflows
Articles by Ethan Brooks
- How to Compress PDF Online Without Losing Quality — PDF · reviewed Jan 2026
- How to Merge PDF Files Online — Complete Guide — PDF · reviewed Jan 2026
- How to Split PDF Pages — Extract Ranges Online — PDF · reviewed Jan 2026
- PDF to Word Conversion Guide — Keep Tables & Logos — PDF · reviewed Jan 2026
- Word to PDF — Preserve Fonts, Tables & Print Layout — PDF · reviewed Jan 2026
- PDF to Excel — Extract Tables to Spreadsheets — PDF · reviewed Jan 2026
- Excel to PDF — Print-Accurate Spreadsheet Export — PDF · reviewed Jan 2026
- Edit PDF Online — Add Text, Images & Annotations — PDF · reviewed Jan 2026
- Extract Text from PDF — OCR & Digital PDFs — PDF · reviewed Jan 2026
- Text to PDF — Convert Plain Notes to PDF — PDF · reviewed Jan 2026
- Rotate PDF Pages — Fix Scan Orientation — PDF · reviewed Jan 2026
- Convert Images to PDF — JPG, PNG, WEBP — PDF · reviewed Jan 2026
- Remove Image Background Online — Free Guide — Image · reviewed Jan 2026
- Word Counter Guide — SEO, Essays & Reading Time — Writing · reviewed Jan 2026
- Ring Size Conversion — US, UK, EU & India — Lifestyle · reviewed Jan 2026
- What Is My IP Address? — Public IP Explained — Network · reviewed Jan 2026
- Unlock PDF Online — Remove Password Protection — PDF · reviewed Jan 2026
- Flatten PDF Forms — Lock Field Values — PDF · reviewed Jan 2026
- PDF to PNG — Export Pages as Images — PDF · reviewed Jan 2026
- Extract Images from PDF — Embedded Photos — PDF · reviewed Jan 2026
- OCR PDF — Make Scanned Documents Searchable — PDF · reviewed Jan 2026
- Add Page Numbers to PDF — Footer Format — PDF · reviewed Jan 2026
- PDF Metadata Viewer — Document Properties — PDF · reviewed Jan 2026
- Best PDF Tool Alternatives — iLovePDF, Smallpdf & Adobe Compared — PDF · reviewed Jan 2026
- How to Email Large PDF Files (Over 25 MB) — PDF · reviewed Jan 2026
- PDF vs Word: When to Convert (and When Not To) — PDF · reviewed Jan 2026
- Scanning Documents for the Office — DPI & OCR Tips — PDF · reviewed Jan 2026
- Which PDF Compression Level Should You Choose? — PDF · reviewed Jan 2026
- Merge PDF Without Losing Quality — PDF · reviewed Jan 2026
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