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Practical guides on file formats, sizes, and getting your concours application accepted the first time — no jargon, just what actually works.
CNSS Declaration File Guide
What Morocco's CNSS (social security) portal typically expects from uploaded declaration documents, and the formatting details that most often cause a submission to bounce.
TCF/DELF Registration File Requirements
What the TCF and DELF French-proficiency exam registration portals typically expect from your uploaded documents, and how to avoid a rejected registration.
Common App Document Upload Requirements
What Common App actually expects from a document upload — format, size, and the mistakes that cause a supporting document to bounce.
How to Straighten and Crop a Phone Photo of a Document
A document photographed at a slight angle, with background around the edges, looks unprofessional and sometimes gets rejected outright. Here's how to fix both problems properly.
How to Merge Multiple PDFs into One File
Combining several PDFs — or a mix of PDFs and photos — into a single document, in the right order, without losing quality.
How to Split a PDF into Separate Pages
Pulling individual pages out of a multi-page PDF, or breaking one large file into several smaller ones — the two different things people mean by 'split a PDF' and how to do each.
How to Remove a Photo Background for Free
Removing a background used to mean Photoshop and a steady hand with the lasso tool. Here's what actually changed, and how to do it in one click.
JPG vs PNG vs WebP vs AVIF: Which Format Should You Use?
A plain-language comparison of the four most common image formats — what each is actually good at, and when picking the wrong one costs you file size or quality.
Passport & Visa Photo Size Requirements by Country
US, UK, and Schengen passport/visa photo dimensions and file-size limits compared, so you know what you actually need before you submit one.
Uploading Your Dossier to emploi-public.ma: A PDF Upload Guide
Common reasons a dossier gets stuck or rejected on Morocco's public-sector recruitment portal, and how to fix each one before you submit.
How to Reduce PDF File Size Without Losing Quality
The real ways to shrink a PDF — image downsampling, font/font-subset handling, and re-compression — explained plainly, with the tradeoffs each one actually makes.
Free Image Compressors Compared: TinyPNG, Squoosh, and FileNorm
TinyPNG, Squoosh, and FileNorm all compress images for free in different ways. Here's the actual difference, honestly, so you can pick the right one for what you're doing.
How to Compress a File for an Email Attachment Limit
Most email providers cap attachments at 20-25MB, and the bounce-back error rarely tells you the file was too big. Here's how to get under the limit without losing quality.
US Passport Photo: Size, Requirements, and How to Get It Right
The US State Department's passport photo rules are specific about size, background, and expression. Here's what they actually require and how to meet them without a photo studio.
Best Free CamScanner Alternative (No Watermark, No Subscription)
CamScanner puts a watermark on your scans and paywalls basic features behind a subscription. Here's a free alternative that does the same job, entirely in your browser.