How to Convert Documents to PDF by File Format

To convert a document to PDF, choose the tool that matches your file format, select the file, press the convert button, and download the result.

The format shows in the file name extension, for example .docx for Word, .xlsx for Excel, or .jpg for a photo.

Every tool below works in the browser on phones and computers without uploading your file to a server.

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Find Your File Format First

The extension at the end of the file name tells you what kind of document it is.

If your phone hides extensions, open the file details in the Files app or your file manager. Once you know the format, pick a tool from the lists below.

Office Documents: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

• Word (DOCX, DOC, DOCM): use Word to PDF. Paper size, margins, and page breaks follow the settings in your Word document.
• Excel (XLSX, XLSM, XLS): use Excel to PDF. You pick the sheets, saved print areas are respected, and sheets without a print area fit the page width.
• PowerPoint (PPTX, PPTM, PPT): use PowerPoint to PDF. Each slide becomes one PDF page at its original aspect ratio.

In PowerPoint files, animations, audio, video, and speaker notes are not carried over. Hidden slides are only included when Include hidden slides is checked.

These three tools use a converter of about 60 MB that downloads once on first use and is then kept by your browser.

Conversion also needs enough device memory. If your device cannot handle it, a warning appears below the file button.

Files can be up to 32 MB on phones and 64 MB on computers.

LibreOffice and Other Document Formats

• ODT from LibreOffice Writer or OpenOffice: use ODT to PDF.
• ODS from LibreOffice Calc: use ODS to PDF, then choose the sheets you need to print.
• ODP from LibreOffice Impress: use ODP to PDF, and each slide becomes one page.
• RTF from WordPad or TextEdit: use RTF to PDF.

Photos and Images

• JPG or JPEG from your camera or gallery: use JPG to PDF. Several photos can go into one PDF in the order you choose.
• PNG such as screenshots or transparent logos: use PNG to PDF. Transparent backgrounds are preserved.
• HEIC or HEIF from an iPhone camera: use HEIC to PDF without converting to JPG first.
• WebP from the web or an Android phone: use WebP to PDF.
• TIFF from multi-page scans or faxes: use TIFF to PDF, and the page order is kept.
• SVG such as logos or vector illustrations: use SVG to PDF.

Text Files and Notes

• TXT from Notepad, logs, or plain notes: use TXT to PDF with a choice of paper and font.
• Markdown (.md) such as README files or documentation: use Markdown to PDF. Headings, tables, and code blocks are laid out neatly.

Paper Documents That Are Not Files Yet

If the document is still on paper, photograph it with your phone camera using Scan to PDF.

You can switch to Grayscale, adjust brightness and contrast so the writing stands out, and turn on OCR if the text needs to be searchable.

After Your Document Is a PDF

Once everything is in PDF form, documents from different formats can be handled together.

Combine several PDFs into one file with Merge PDF, or shrink the result with Compress PDF when it goes over a form's upload limit or an email attachment limit.

Always open the result before sending it.

For Office documents, check whether lines or page breaks moved, because fonts that are not available are replaced with close matches.

For photos, make sure the page order and orientation are right.