Get help inside PDFBetter: the help panel, search and support
In the dashboard, click the question mark in the top bar or Help & support in the sidebar. The panel shows Help for this page, a search box and every topic. In the editor, use More (⋯) → Help center. A person answers at [email protected].
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The help panel
Step 1: Open it
In the dashboard, click the question mark in the top bar (wide screens) or Help & support at the bottom of the sidebar.
Step 2: Start with this page
Help for this page lists the articles about the page you're on, such as Fill links or Sent. Start here has the basics and Browse topics lists every collection.
Step 3: Search
Type in Search help…. Results update as you type.
Step 4: Read and act
Articles open inside the panel. Open in PDFBetter jumps to the page that does the job, and Open in help center opens the full article in a new tab.
At the bottom of the panel are Contact support, Keyboard shortcuts, What’s new and Help center. Each article ends with Did this answer your question?; if it didn't, you're offered a way to tell us what you were looking for, and a person replies.
Other ways in
- Search: press ⌘ K (or Ctrl K) and type a question. Help articles appear under Help, with Search help for “…” for more.
- Learn PDFBetter: the dashboard home shows how-tos for what people do most. Click one to open it in the panel, or the × (Hide how-tos) to remove the strip.
- In the editor: More (⋯) → Help center opens the editing articles in a new tab.
- The help center: every article is at help.pdfbetter.com, organized by topic.
Reach a person
Use the contact page or email [email protected]. Include what you were doing, the document name and any message you saw; Contact support lists what helps us answer fast. To ask an AI assistant about PDFBetter, point it at the help center (how).
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Related articles
- A tour of the dashboardThe dashboard at /app/ is home base. The sidebar holds New, Create with AI and your lists; the top bar has search (⌘K), the AI menu, notifications and help. The home page shows what needs your attention, quick tools and your recent documents.
- Keyboard shortcutsPress ? anywhere in the dashboard or the editor to see the shortcuts for that screen. The essentials: ⌘ K to search, U to upload, T for text, S to sign, ⌘ Z to undo and Tab to move between form fields.
- Contact support and include the details we needUse the contact form (also under Help → Contact support in the app) or email [email protected]. Include your account email, what you were doing, the exact error message, your browser and the time it happened. A person reads every message and replies within two business days.
- Use the help center with ChatGPT, Claude or your own agentPoint your assistant at https://help.pdfbetter.com/llms.txt, or add .md to any article's address for clean Markdown. Apps can call the keyless search API at /api/help/search/?q=…, and agents connected over MCP get the search_help and get_help_article tools.