https://poleta.app/blog Notes from the team that makes Poleta, a document app for Android, iPhone and iPad. en https://poleta.app/blog/find-and-replace-in-a-document https://poleta.app/blog/find-and-replace-in-a-document Sat, 14 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT Documents Where Find and replace is in each editor, what Whole words and Match case do, and what a spreadsheet leaves alone. Free in all three. https://poleta.app/blog/old-doc-xls-and-ppt-files https://poleta.app/blog/old-doc-xls-and-ppt-files Fri, 13 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT Documents Poleta opens the old binary formats for reading, printing and PDF. Spreadsheets and slides can be edited as a copy in the newer format; .doc files cannot. https://poleta.app/blog/make-a-pdf-easier-to-read-on-a-phone https://poleta.app/blog/make-a-pdf-easier-to-read-on-a-phone Thu, 12 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT PDF Reading view, hidden margins, fit width, page colors and a reading ruler: the View settings that make an A4 PDF readable on a phone. Most are free. https://poleta.app/blog/check-spelling-in-a-document-on-your-phone https://poleta.app/blog/check-spelling-in-a-document-on-your-phone Wed, 11 Nov 2026 17:00:00 GMT Documents Spell check in Poleta is free and runs on your phone's own checker: tap a marked word, or check a whole document or deck page by page. https://poleta.app/blog/open-a-csv-file-without-mangling-it https://poleta.app/blog/open-a-csv-file-without-mangling-it Fri, 30 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT Spreadsheets Poleta shows a CSV exactly as written: leading zeros, dates and codes stay as they are, and a save rewrites only the cells you changed. Free, up to 24 MB. https://poleta.app/blog/find-any-document-with-search https://poleta.app/blog/find-any-document-with-search Thu, 29 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT Library & tips Search the text of every document in your library, filter by type or name, keep favorites, and find files already on your phone. All free, all on the phone. https://poleta.app/blog/back-up-your-library-before-you-change-phones https://poleta.app/blog/back-up-your-library-before-you-change-phones Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT Library & tips Export data is free and takes a minute; scheduled backup with a passphrase is Pro. What a backup holds, what it never holds, and how to restore it. https://poleta.app/blog/turn-a-pdf-into-an-editable-document https://poleta.app/blog/turn-a-pdf-into-an-editable-document Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT PDF The PDF and scan conversion tools make editable .docx, .xlsx and .pptx files. What comes across, what does not, and what is free. https://poleta.app/blog/add-page-numbers-and-a-watermark-to-a-pdf https://poleta.app/blog/add-page-numbers-and-a-watermark-to-a-pdf Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT PDF Number the pages, add a header or footer, or mark every page with text or a logo. What the options do and what is written into the new file. https://poleta.app/blog/turn-photos-into-one-pdf https://poleta.app/blog/turn-photos-into-one-pdf Sun, 25 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT Scan Images to PDF puts your pictures into one PDF, one per page. When to use it, and when Scan to PDF is the better tool for the same photos. https://poleta.app/blog/compare-two-pdfs https://poleta.app/blog/compare-two-pdfs Sat, 24 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT PDF Compare documents marks every added, removed and moved word between two files, and for two PDFs also shows where the pages look different. https://poleta.app/blog/restore-an-earlier-version-of-a-document https://poleta.app/blog/restore-an-earlier-version-of-a-document Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT Library & tips Poleta keeps your file as it was before each save. What is kept, for how long, how to restore it, and how much space it takes. https://poleta.app/blog/draft-a-document-with-ai-outline-first https://poleta.app/blog/draft-a-document-with-ai-outline-first Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT AI Create with AI writes an outline you can fix before it writes the document. How it works, what each step costs, and the 2 free tries. https://poleta.app/blog/edit-a-docx-on-your-phone-without-breaking-it https://poleta.app/blog/edit-a-docx-on-your-phone-without-breaking-it Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT Documents Poleta saves your edits into the same .docx, keeps the parts it does not understand and keeps the version before. Here is how editing works. https://poleta.app/blog/fill-in-a-pdf-form https://poleta.app/blog/fill-in-a-pdf-form Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT PDF Some PDF forms have real fields you can type into; many are just a printed page. How to fill in both kinds, and when a form needs Pro. https://poleta.app/blog/keep-private-documents-in-the-vault https://poleta.app/blog/keep-private-documents-in-the-vault Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT Privacy The Vault keeps chosen documents encrypted on your phone, opened with your fingerprint, face or PIN. How to set it up, and what happens if you forget the PIN. https://poleta.app/blog/listen-to-a-document-instead-of-reading-it https://poleta.app/blog/listen-to-a-document-instead-of-reading-it Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT Library & tips Read aloud turns a PDF, an e-book or a text document into speech with your phone's own voices, and keeps going with the screen off. Free. https://poleta.app/blog/make-a-pdf-small-enough-to-email https://poleta.app/blog/make-a-pdf-small-enough-to-email Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT PDF Compress PDF shrinks a file by turning pages into pictures. What you lose, when it will not help, and other ways to get under a size limit. https://poleta.app/blog/merge-split-and-reorder-pdf-pages https://poleta.app/blog/merge-split-and-reorder-pdf-pages Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT PDF Join several PDFs into one, split one into several, and move, turn or delete pages. All free, and your original file is never changed. https://poleta.app/blog/open-email-attachments-and-zip-files https://poleta.app/blog/open-email-attachments-and-zip-files Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT Library & tips Poleta opens saved .eml and .msg messages, ZIP, 7z, TAR and GZ archives, and files sent from other apps with Open with. Nothing in them is run. https://poleta.app/blog/password-protect-a-pdf https://poleta.app/blog/password-protect-a-pdf Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT Privacy Add a password to open a PDF, set what others may do with it, and open protected PDFs you receive. Plus the difference between a password and limits. https://poleta.app/blog/present-slides-from-your-phone https://poleta.app/blog/present-slides-from-your-phone Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT Slides Fix a slide in a .pptx minutes before you present, then run the slide show from your phone with a laser pointer, a pen and your notes. https://poleta.app/blog/read-e-books-and-keep-your-highlights https://poleta.app/blog/read-e-books-and-keep-your-highlights Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT Library & tips Poleta reads EPUB, MOBI, AZW3 and FB2 books without DRM. Set the text the way you like it, highlight, add notes, look up words offline and export it all. https://poleta.app/blog/redact-a-pdf-for-real https://poleta.app/blog/redact-a-pdf-for-real Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT Privacy A black box drawn over text hides it on screen but leaves it in the file. What real redaction removes, how Redact in Poleta works, and its limits. https://poleta.app/blog/scan-paper-to-a-searchable-pdf https://poleta.app/blog/scan-paper-to-a-searchable-pdf Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT Scan Photograph the pages, straighten and clean them up, and save a PDF whose text you can search and copy. Text recognition runs on your phone. https://poleta.app/blog/sign-a-pdf-on-your-phone https://poleta.app/blog/sign-a-pdf-on-your-phone Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT PDF Draw or type your signature once, place it on the page and resize it. Plus what a signature added in an app proves, and what it does not. https://poleta.app/blog/spreadsheets-on-a-small-screen https://poleta.app/blog/spreadsheets-on-a-small-screen Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT Spreadsheets What works well in a .xlsx on a phone: editing cells and formulas, reading charts, refreshing pivot tables. What is free, what needs Pro, and the limits. https://poleta.app/blog/summarize-a-long-pdf-and-check-every-point https://poleta.app/blog/summarize-a-long-pdf-and-check-every-point Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT AI Summarize gives a long document's key points, each with a link to its page. What it costs, when stopping is free, and why you should still check. https://poleta.app/blog/track-changes-and-comments-on-a-phone https://poleta.app/blog/track-changes-and-comments-on-a-phone Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT Documents Someone sent you a .docx full of tracked changes. See who changed what, accept or reject each change, read the comments and send it back. https://poleta.app/blog/twenty-templates-that-work-offline https://poleta.app/blog/twenty-templates-that-work-offline Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT Library & tips 20 ready-made documents, spreadsheets, slides and PDF forms, built into Poleta. Previews are free; since 1.8, 19 of them are free to use. https://poleta.app/blog/what-happens-to-your-text-when-you-use-ai https://poleta.app/blog/what-happens-to-your-text-when-you-use-ai Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT AI What Summarize, Ask and Create with AI send, who processes it, how long it is kept, what our server keeps, and how to delete it. https://poleta.app/blog/why-poleta-has-no-ads-and-no-account https://poleta.app/blog/why-poleta-has-no-ads-and-no-account Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT Privacy How Poleta is paid for (free everyday tools, Pro plans, credit packs for AI), what stays on your phone, and the trade-offs of building it this way.