How to use the PDF converter
- Choose a file. For images you can pick several at once to make a single PDF.
- For a PDF, pick what to turn it into: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, JPG, PNG, text, Markdown or HTML.
- Press Convert and download the result.
What works where
| Files | Converts | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, AVIF | to PDF | In your browser |
| TIFF, SVG | to PDF | In your browser |
| HEIC (iPhone photos) | to PDF | In your browser |
| TXT, Markdown, CSV | to PDF (as plain text) | In your browser |
| Word DOCX | to PDF (text only) | In your browser |
| Word, Excel, PowerPoint, ODT, ODS, ODP, RTF (with layout) | to PDF | Needs our server |
| to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, JPG, PNG, text, Markdown, HTML | In your browser | |
| Scanned PDF | to editable text (OCR) | Needs our server |
Office files keep their fonts, tables and pictures only when converted by LibreOffice, the open-source office suite, which needs a server. Rather than produce a poor copy, the converter says so and points you to the right option. HEIC photos work in browsers that can read them, which today means Safari.
Example: PDF to PNG
A two-page A4 PDF (595 × 842 points) converted to PNG gives a ZIP with two images of 1239 × 1754 pixels each. Pages are drawn at 150 dots per inch: 595 × 150 ÷ 72 = 1239.6, rounded down, and 842 × 150 ÷ 72 = 1754.2. A one-page PDF downloads as a single image instead of a ZIP.
More control
Each conversion has its own page with more options: choose pages and quality in PDF to Image, page size and order in JPG to PDF, one sheet per page in PDF to Excel, or pictures-only slides in PDF to PowerPoint. To make a PDF smaller for an upload form, use Compress PDF to size.