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Excel to PDF Converter

Turn Excel, ODS or CSV sheets into a clean PDF table: pick the sheets, landscape or portrait, fit columns to the page and repeat the header row on every page.

Excel to PDF Converter1 free run a dayNewPDF ToolsRuns in your browser
What this conversion keeps

Kept

  • Values as Excel shows them (dates, currency, decimals)
  • Column widths, merged cells, hidden rows and columns
  • Numbers right-aligned, long text wrapped in its cell
  • Header row repeated on each page, page breaks between rows

Not kept or approximate

  • Cell colours, fonts and borders (a clean grid is used)
  • Charts, images and comments
  • Excel's own print areas and page breaks
  • Formulas are shown as their last saved result

Works in your browser. What you paste or upload is processed on your device.

Key features of the Excel to PDF converter

  • Reads .xlsx, .xlsm, .xls, .ods and .csv files
  • Sheet picker with sizes and a preview of the first rows
  • Values as Excel displays them, with numbers right-aligned
  • Fit all columns to the page width, or continue wide sheets on extra pages
  • Auto landscape for wide sheets, or choose portrait or landscape
  • Repeats the header row on every page; rows never split across a page break
  • Merged cells, column widths and hidden rows and columns respected
  • Runs in your browser: the spreadsheet is never uploaded

How to use the Excel to PDF converter

  1. Choose the spreadsheet

    Pick an .xlsx, .xls, .ods or .csv file. Its sheets appear with their row and column counts.

  2. Pick the sheets

    Tick the sheets to include and check the preview of the first rows.

  3. Set the page layout

    Keep Auto orientation and Fit to page width, or choose portrait, landscape, paper size, gridlines and header repeat.

  4. Convert to PDF

    Press Convert to PDF and download the file.

What is an Excel to PDF converter?

A spreadsheet that looks fine on screen often prints badly: columns cut off, a header that appears only on page one, half-empty pages. This converter turns Excel (.xlsx, .xls), OpenDocument (.ods) and CSV files into a tidy PDF table you can send, print or attach.

It reads the workbook in your browser with SheetJS and shows each sheet with its size, so you choose which sheets to include, with a preview of the first rows. Values appear as Excel shows them, with dates, currency and decimals formatted, numbers right-aligned and long text wrapped inside its cell. Column widths come from the sheet, merged cells span their columns, and hidden rows and columns stay hidden. Wide sheets switch to landscape automatically and can be shrunk to fit the page width; if that would make the text too small, the extra columns continue on the following pages. The first row can repeat at the top of every page, and each page footer shows the sheet name and page number.

Honest limits: cell colours, fonts and borders are replaced by a clean grid, charts and images are left out, and Excel's own print areas and manual page breaks aren't read. Formulas appear as the result last saved in the file. Sheets of more than 20,000 rows need splitting first.

Why use an Excel to PDF converter?

Excel's own Save as PDF needs Excel installed and careful print settings, and many online converters upload your figures to their servers. This tool gives a readable PDF with sensible defaults on any device, including phones, and salary sheets, client lists and accounts stay on your own computer.

Excel to PDF converter: frequently asked questions

Something else? Ask the team

Are my spreadsheet figures uploaded?

No. SheetJS reads the workbook and pdf-lib writes the PDF inside your browser, so salaries, prices and client lists never leave your device. Only a small check that counts your daily free run goes to our server, without the file.

How do I fit all columns on one page?

Keep "Fit all columns to the page width" switched on (it is the default). The tool shrinks the table down to 55% so every column fits, using landscape automatically for wide sheets. If even that is too small to read, the remaining columns continue on the following pages and each page says which columns it shows.

Can the header row repeat on every page?

Yes. "Repeat the first row on every page" is on by default: row 1 is printed in bold with a shaded background at the top of every page of that sheet.

Will it keep my cell colours and fonts?

No. The PDF uses a clean, consistent grid with values formatted as in Excel. Colours, fonts, borders, charts and images aren't carried over. For an exact copy of a styled sheet, use File > Save as PDF in Excel itself.

Can I convert Excel to PDF on my phone?

Yes. Open the page in Safari or Chrome, choose the file from Files, Google Drive or downloads, pick the sheets and convert. The PDF downloads to your phone.

Does it convert all sheets in a workbook?

All visible sheets with data are ticked by default, and each one starts on a new page. Untick the ones you don't need. Hidden sheets are listed but left unticked.

Can it convert CSV files to PDF?

Yes. A CSV file is read as a single sheet and laid out as a table, with the first row as the header if you keep header repeat on.

Is Excel to PDF free?

You get one free run of this tool per day. After that, each run costs 5 credits (5 US cents) from a free AI Rank Lab account, and the free run comes back the next day.

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