Convert PDF tools

Converting to PDF

Adding to PDF is the safer direction: the source format usually keeps its fidelity, and the PDF is a universal container that renders the same everywhere. OmniPDF supports eleven inputs:

• Word (DOCX) — Mammoth reads the document and jsPDF renders paragraphs.
• Excel (XLSX/XLS) — SheetJS reads sheets, jspdf-autotable renders tables.
• PowerPoint (PPTX) — text is extracted from slides.
• Images (JPG, PNG, WebP) — embedded directly as pages, one per image.
• Plain text (TXT) — wrapped and paginated.
• CSV — parsed and rendered as a formatted table.
• HTML — rendered with html2canvas.
• SVG — rasterized before embedding.
• Multiple images at once — combined into one PDF.

Converting from PDF

Extracting information from a PDF is harder because the source format is designed for display, not editing. Text extraction works well for standard PDFs but loses layout. Image extraction is straightforward. Table extraction is a heuristic and produces usable but not perfect results.

• PDF to Word — text extracted and placed as paragraphs in a .docx file. No font preservation.
• PDF to Excel — text rows extracted using vertical position. Complex layouts may need cleanup.
• PDF to PowerPoint — pages rendered as full-slide images. Not editable text.
• PDF to images (JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF, BMP, TIFF) — page-by-page rendering at chosen DPI.
• PDF to text (TXT, HTML, SVG) — text extraction with different output containers.
• PDF to PDF/A — metadata adjusted for archival, not full compliance verified.
• Extract images — pulls embedded images where pdf.js exposes them.

Which formats to choose and when

PDF is the right destination when you need to share a document that looks the same on every device, sign or stamp a file, or guarantee the layout will not shift. PDF is the wrong destination when you or the recipient need to edit content frequently — that is what Word, Excel and Google Docs are for.

If you frequently convert in both directions, the practical workflow is: keep your master in DOCX/XLSX, export to PDF for distribution, and only convert back to DOCX when you must edit someone else's PDF.

Privacy

All converters run inside your browser. Files are never uploaded to OmniPDF servers. This is safe for confidential documents such as contracts, medical scans and financial records.

Honest limitations

Every converter on this page discloses what it can and cannot do. No converter claims to perfectly preserve original layout when that is technically impossible in a browser. Where the output loses fidelity — such as PDF to Word dropping images and formatting — the tool page says so before you upload a file.