File Converter Help And FAQ
What File Converter Does
File Converter helps convert common files between PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, JPG, PNG, Markdown, and plain text. It is meant for quick everyday conversions such as extracting readable text, creating a simple document, or turning pages into images.
Supported Input And Output Formats
You can convert between PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, JPG, PNG, Markdown, and TXT. This includes common tasks such as PDF to Word, Word to PDF, PDF to JPG, JPG to PDF, PNG to PDF, spreadsheet to PDF, and document to plain text.
Open the dedicated PDF to Word converter, Word to PDF converter, PDF to JPG converter, or JPG to PDF converter with the correct formats already selected.
Best Uses
The converter works best for simple text documents, basic spreadsheets, straightforward slides, and image exports. Complex forms, scanned documents without selectable text, advanced tables, embedded fonts, and heavily designed layouts may need a specialized desktop editor.
File Checks And Limits
Each file is checked before conversion. The current limits are eight queued files, 30 MB per file, 80 MB total, 100 PDF pages, and 60 megapixels per image. Password-protected PDFs must be unlocked first.
Privacy And File Processing
File conversion is designed to happen locally in your browser. Your selected documents are not intentionally uploaded to a conversion server. Read the Privacy Policy for details about technical data, advertising, and cookies.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which file formats are supported?
File Converter accepts PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, JPG, PNG, Markdown, and TXT files and can export to those same eight formats.
Are files uploaded to a server?
Conversions are designed to run locally in your browser. Your selected files stay on your device during the conversion process.
Why can a converted file look different from the original?
PDF, Word, spreadsheets, slides, images, and plain text represent content differently. Fonts, spacing, page breaks, tables, and complex layouts can change when moving between formats.
Can scanned PDFs be converted to editable text?
The converter can extract selectable text from a PDF. A scanned PDF that only contains page images usually needs optical character recognition, which this tool does not currently provide.
Does the converter preserve advanced formatting?
Simple text and page images work best. Complex forms, macros, animations, embedded fonts, advanced tables, and precise desktop-publishing layouts may not be preserved.
What should I do if a conversion fails?
Read the message shown beside the file. The converter identifies invalid signatures, damaged Office archives, oversized files, encrypted PDFs, images that are too large to decode safely, and scanned PDFs that require OCR.
What are the file limits?
You can queue up to eight files, with a 30 MB limit per file and an 80 MB combined queue limit. PDFs are limited to 100 pages and images to 60 megapixels.