PDF Converters tools
Images to PDF, PDF to images, text, Markdown and Word. 12 free pdf convert tools.
Conversion is where most PDF work actually starts: photographs that need to become a single PDF for an application, a PDF whose pages you need as images, or a document whose text you need somewhere else. These converters run in your browser and are honest about what survives the round trip — layout is preserved where the format allows it, and where it cannot be, the tool says so rather than producing something that looks converted but is not.
All pdf converters tools
When these tools are useful
- A form accepts only PDF and you have photographs or screenshots.
- You need PDF pages as JPG or PNG images to insert elsewhere.
- You want the text out of a PDF as a plain file or Markdown.
- You need a rough Word version of a PDF, or a PDF from a Word file.
PDF Converters — common questions
Why does PDF to Word not preserve my layout exactly?
Because a PDF stores positioned glyphs, not paragraphs, tables and styles. Reconstructing an editable document means inferring structure that was thrown away when the PDF was made. These tools extract the text and preserve basic structure such as paragraphs and headings; complex multi-column layouts, tables and precise formatting will not survive. Any tool promising a perfect conversion is either using a paid server-side service or overstating what it does.
Can I convert a scanned PDF to text?
Only with OCR. A scanned PDF contains images of text, not text, so the text extractor will find nothing. Use the OCR tool, which recognises characters from the image — accuracy depends heavily on scan quality and is poor for handwriting.
What image formats can I turn into a PDF?
JPG, PNG and WebP are supported directly. Each has its own tool so the guidance matches the format — PNG transparency is flattened onto white, for instance, which is worth knowing before you convert a logo.
Does converting to images lose quality?
PDF pages are vector where the original was vector, so rendering them to JPG or PNG rasterises them at whatever resolution you choose. Higher DPI gives a sharper image and a larger file. For screen use 150 DPI is fine; for print choose 300.