Look, Im not gonna lie to ya: Ive got a bit of a love-hate relationship with PDFs. And, more often than not, it veers mostly toward the hate side of that spectrum.Dont get me wrong: PDFs are certainly useful. When you need to share something with specific formatting and know itll look exactly the same to anyone who sees it, theres no better way to get the job done.But, man, is it ever a headache-inducing moment when you see such a file show up in your inboxor, worse yet, realize youve gotta find a way to share one with some of your fellow file-loathing flamingos.Todays tool transforms that typically painful process and turns the PDF into a sensible-seeming, dare I say even pleasant, part of your daily doings. And it couldnt be much easier to use.This tip originally appeared in the free Cool Tools newsletter from The Intelligence. Get the next issue in your inbox and get ready to discover all sorts of awesome tech treasures!Your PDF painkillerThe next time youve got a PDF you need to share with someone, remember a website called PDF to Link. PDF to Link does exactly what youd expect, from its name: It takes any PDF you feed it (mmm, documents . . .) and turns it into a temporary link that anyone you send it to can seealmost like Snapchat for PDFs, only with way less saucy material.And you dont even have to sign into anything or create any kind of account to use it. In fact, itll take you all of seven seconds to make happen . . . Just pull up PDF to Link in any browser, on any device youre usingthen:Click or tap the Select File buttonor just drag and drop a PDF directly from your device onto the page.Click or tap the Generate Shareable Link button.Upload a file, click or tap one button, and thats it: Youre ready to share.Aaaaandwell, thats pretty much it: PDF to Link will give you a custom web link that you can send to anyone for a simple-as-can-be, no-awkward-attachment or clunky-downloading-requiring way to let em view your PDF right in their web browser. For all practical purposes, itll be as if the PDF were a regular ol website instead of a sigh-inducing file.PDF to Link gives you a URL and even a QR code that anyone can access for a limited time.By default, all of PDF to Links links remain available for two days from the moment you make em. So my linkthe one I created as an example while writing this articlestopped working on Thursday (8/14) at 8:20 a.m. PT.That means you dont have to worry about whatever youre sending remaining online forever. And since only someone with the exact URL can find or see the file while it is actively available, theres little real risk of it being seen by the wrong person, eitherthough, of course, youll want to use your own best judgment. (I probably wouldnt share anything super-sensitive, like banking info or deep company secrets, with any sort of system like this!)PDF to Link works entirely on the webnothing to install or download.Its free for up to three shares every two days, with PDFs up to 3MB in size. (If you need to quickly compress a file to make it small enough, heres your answer.) The service also offers paid plans starting at $10 a month that lift those restrictions and unlock other extra options, but they absolutely arent needed for basic occasional sharing.PDF to Link doesnt require any personal info or sign-ins, and its privacy policy doesnt include anything especially eyebrow-raising.Treat yourself to all sorts of efficiency-enhancing goodies like this with my free Cool Tools newsletterstarting with an instant introduction to an incredible audio app thatll tune up your days in delightful ways.