How to Automate PDFs

March 11th 2025

Tutorial: Power Automate

Merge multiple files and dynamically add a 'Table of Contents' to the PDF
Discover how to merge multiple files using Power Apps and then dynamically add a ‘Table of Contents’ to the final PDF using Power Automate! Check out Sophie’s tutorial and companion video.

Sophie Charlwood

February 7th 2025

Tutorial: Automate PDF

Extract Table Data from PDF files in Power Automate
Unlock effortless data extraction with Encodian Flowr! Instantly convert structured table data from PDFs into usable formats with the powerful ‘PDF – Extract Table Data‘ action in Power Automate. Streamline workflows, eliminate manual entry, and maximize efficiency—start automating today!

Sophie Charlwood

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May 26th 2021

Tutorial: Power Automate

Merge Documents to PDF with Power Automate and Encodian
Merging documents to PDF need not be complicated. All you need is a reliable document merger tool that can handle all your merging needs in one place.

Jay Goodison

May 12th 2021

Tutorial: Power Automate

Compress PDF Documents in Power Automate
Our team are continuing to deliver new capabilities for the Encodian connector; we released the Word – Compare (previously Compare Word Documents) action last month, and we’re releasing three further steps this month…

Jay Goodison

December 22nd 2020

Tutorial: Power Automate

Merging files submitted by a Microsoft Form to a PDF Document
Building upon our previous posts regarding how to Convert Microsoft Forms Responses to Word or PDF Documents and Handling files provided in a Microsoft Forms response.

Jay Goodison

September 30th 2020

Tutorial: Power Automate

Split a PDF document by Text Value or Regex using Power Automate
In addition to the Encodian PDF – Split (previously Split PDF) action, we have just released the PDF – Split by Text (previously Split PDF by Text) action which allows you to search for text (or use a regular expression) within a PDF document and perform split actions based on the page location of the text matches found.

Jay Goodison

August 21st 2020

Tutorial: Power Automate

V2: Convert Emails and Attachments to PDF in Power Automate
Ok, you got me! We released a similar post on this topic early this year… so why another post? We have just released a new Power Automate action, Convert – Email (previously Convert Email Message), which means you can convert your email and attachments to PDF with ease.

Jay Goodison

August 13th 2020

Tutorial: Power Automate

Convert a Document Set to PDF with Power Automate
Many of our customers ask us how to build an automated Power Automate flow that will convert all of the documents contained within a SharePoint document set to a single PDF document when the document set is approved or reaches a particular stage within a business process.

Jay Goodison

July 6th 2020

Tutorial: Power Automate

Converting HTML to PDF or Word with Power Automate
Encodian provide two actions which enable you to convert HTML Data, a URL and HTML document’s to either a PDF document or Microsoft Word document (DOCX).

Jay Goodison

June 12th 2020

Tutorial: Power Automate

Fill a PDF Form with Microsoft Power Automate
To complement our PDF – Extract Form Data (previously Get PDF Form Data) action, we have just released the PDF – Fill Form (previously Fill a PDF Form) action. It provides the ability to set data within a PDF form using Microsoft Power automate.

Jay Goodison

May 15th 2020

Tutorial: Power Automate

Populate a Word or PDF Document using Power Automate
UPDATE 17th October 2022 – For creating new documents, we recommend using the Encodian Word – Populate (previously Populate Word Document) action as detailed within this post: Populate a Word or PDF Document using Power Automate V2.

Jay Goodison

April 8th 2020

Tutorial: Power Automate

Converting Emails and Attachments to PDF in Power Automate
The Encodian Convert – File to PDF (previously Convert to PDF) action supports 70+ standard file formats, including ‘MSG’, an email message. This post outlines how to convert an email message received into an Office 365 Outlook mailbox into PDF format and how to convert an email message and contained attachments into a single PDF document.

Jay Goodison

March 11th 2020

Tutorial: SharePoint

Merge SharePoint Attachments into a single PDF Document
As mentioned in a few previous posts, we try to invest as much time as possible into the Power Automate community, which is a fantastic resource for general help/guidance on all elements of the PowerPlatform.

Jay Goodison

February 11th 2020

Tutorial: Power Automate

Split and Extract pages from a PDF Document with Power Automate
In November last year, we released a new PDF – Split (previously Split PDF) action for our Power Automate connector, which allows you to split a PDF document either by several pages, a collection of specific pages or even by the bookmark level (Table of Contents).

Jay Goodison