How to Create a Digital Study Guide from Your Course PDFs

1. Collect All Course Materials

Gather lecture slides, reading lists, handouts, and your own notes. You'll combine them into one master study document.

2. Merge Everything Together

Use Merge PDF to combine all materials into a single study guide. Organize by topic or lecture date.

3. Extract Key Sections

For long reading PDFs, use Extract Pages to pull out only the sections covered in your exam.

4. Add Your Own Notes

Convert your typed notes to PDF and merge them into the relevant sections. Or use the %%PDF to Word tool|/tools/pdf-to-word%% to convert slides and add annotations.

5. Compress for Mobile Access

Study guides can get large. %%Compress|/tools/compress-pdf%% them so they load quickly on your phone or tablet.

6. Add Page Numbers

Numbered pages make group study sessions more efficient — everyone can reference the same page.