Convert Files Online

Most tools in this family run locally in your browser. A couple need server-side processing — each tool page says exactly which, and why.

Converting a file from one format to another — images into a PDF, a PDF into images, Office documents to and from PDF, text out of an image, or structured data between CSV, JSON and YAML. Most of these run locally in your browser; Office conversion is the exception, since it needs a real document engine that only a server can run — see below for exactly which.

Supported formats

Images to PDF accepts PNG and JPEG. PDF to Images outputs PNG or JPEG, packaged as a ZIP. Office to PDF accepts docx, xlsx, pptx, odt, ods, odp, rtf, doc, xls and ppt. PDF to Office outputs Word (.docx) or PowerPoint (.pptx) — Excel output isn't offered, since it can't be reconstructed reliably from a PDF. Image to Text (OCR) reads English text from an image or the first page of a PDF. The data format converter reads and writes CSV, JSON and YAML, any format to any other.

Questions.

Which of these run on a server instead of my browser?

Just two: Office to PDF and PDF to Office. Both need a real document engine (LibreOffice) that can't run in a browser tab, so the file is uploaded over HTTPS, converted, and deleted immediately afterward. Every other tool here — including all the image and data format converters — runs entirely on your device.

Can I convert a PDF to Excel?

No — that direction isn't offered here, since a spreadsheet can't be reliably rebuilt from a PDF's layout. PDF to Office supports Word and PowerPoint output only.

Does Image to Text work on scanned PDFs?

It reads the first page of a PDF as an image and runs OCR on it — so yes, for a single-page scan. For a multi-page scanned PDF, convert it to images first, then OCR each one.