Convert PDF Tools
Convert PDFs to and from images, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
PDF exists to look identical everywhere, which is precisely what makes it awkward to edit. Converting in or out of it is usually about crossing that line deliberately: turning something editable into a fixed document you can send, or prying content back out of a fixed document so you can work with it. The two directions behave very differently, and knowing which one you are doing saves a lot of frustration.
Which direction are you going?
- JPG to PDF
- You photographed documents with your phone and need to send them as one proper PDF.
- Image to PDF
- Same job, but your images are a mix of formats rather than all JPG.
- PNG to PDF
- You have screenshots or exports in PNG that need to become a document.
- Word to PDF
- You are sending a document and need the layout and fonts to survive on someone else's machine.
- Text to PDF
- You have plain text — notes, a log, an export — and want it as a clean paginated document.
- PDF to JPG
- You need pages as images for a slide, a website or a preview thumbnail.
- PDF to PNG
- Same as above, but the pages contain sharp text or diagrams where PNG stays crisper than JPG.
- PDF to Word
- You need to edit the wording of a document you only have as a PDF.
- PDF to Text
- You only want the words — for searching, quoting or feeding into something else — and layout does not matter.
Converting into PDF is reliable; converting out of it is a reconstruction
Going into PDF is straightforward, because PDF can describe anything you throw at it: images become pages, text gets laid out and paginated, and the result looks the same everywhere. Coming out is fundamentally harder. A PDF does not store paragraphs, headings, tables or columns — it stores instructions to draw specific glyphs at specific coordinates. Converting back to Word means inferring structure that was never written down: guessing which runs of characters form a paragraph, which grid of lines is a table, and where a column ends. Simple, linear documents convert cleanly. Multi-column layouts, dense tables and heavy design come out approximately, and always need a read-through.
If the PDF is a scan, conversion gives you a picture, not words
This is the most common disappointment. A scanned document has no text in it at all, only an image of text, so PDF to Word or PDF to Text produces an empty file or a page containing a single picture. Nothing is broken — there was never any text to extract. Run OCR on the document first to add a real text layer, then convert. The quickest way to tell in advance: open the PDF and try to select a word. If your cursor will not highlight it, it is a scan.
Resolution matters when you go from PDF to images
A PDF page is defined in points rather than pixels, so rendering it to JPG or PNG means choosing how many pixels to draw. Too few and text turns fuzzy; too many and you get a huge file. For on-screen use, 150 DPI is usually enough; for print or for anything that will be zoomed, 300 DPI is the safer choice. Pick PNG for pages dominated by text, diagrams and line art, where JPG's compression artefacts cluster visibly around sharp edges — and JPG for pages that are mostly photographs.
Everything here runs on your own machine
These converters use pdf-lib and pdf.js in the browser: the document is parsed, rendered or rebuilt in the page, and handed back as a download. Nothing is uploaded, which is worth knowing when the thing you are converting is a contract, a bank statement or an ID scan. It also means no page limits and no waiting in a queue — the only ceiling is your own device's memory.
Frequently asked questions
Why is my converted Word document formatted badly?
Because PDF stores drawing instructions, not document structure, so the converter has to infer paragraphs, tables and columns. Simple documents convert well; complex layouts need cleanup afterwards. This is a limitation of the format, not of any particular tool.
Why did PDF to Text give me nothing?
Your PDF is almost certainly a scan — an image of text with no text layer. Run OCR PDF on it first, then convert.
Can I convert several images into one PDF?
Yes. Add all the images, arrange them in the order you want, and they become the pages of a single document.
Does converting to PDF lose image quality?
The image is embedded largely as-is, so quality is preserved. What changes is how it is placed on a page — sizing and margins — not the pixels themselves.
Are my files uploaded during conversion?
No. Conversion happens in your browser and the file never leaves your device.