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PDF Conversion

Preview of an upcoming PDF conversion tool

Extract text from documents

The Text Extractor reads Word (.docx) and plain-text (.txt) files directly in your browser and shows their contents to copy.

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Create a PDF from text or Markdown

Render Markdown to clean HTML with the Markdown Preview tool, then use your browser's Print → "Save as PDF" to produce a PDF.

Open Markdown Preview

PDF Conversion (Preview)

This page previews an upcoming PDF conversion utility for TextUtil: converting text, HTML, and Markdown to PDF, and extracting text from PDF files. The interface demonstrates the planned workflow — conversion type selection and file upload — but the conversion engine is not live yet.

Real PDF conversion requires heavier processing than the lightweight, fully client-side tools on this site, and we intend to ship it without compromising the privacy model: processing should stay on your device. Until then, the other document tools — Word Counter, Markdown Preview, and Text Extractor — are fully functional.

How to use PDF Conversion

  1. Select the planned conversion type: Text to PDF, HTML to PDF, Markdown to PDF, or PDF to Text.
  2. The file upload control shows where documents will be provided once conversion ships.
  3. Meanwhile, use Markdown Preview to convert Markdown to HTML, and Text Extractor to read text files.

About the PDF format

PDF (Portable Document Format) is an ISO-standardized format that fixes a document's layout — fonts, images, and positioning — so it renders identically everywhere. That fidelity is why PDFs dominate invoices, contracts, and reports, and also why converting to and from PDF is more involved than converting between plain-text formats: text in a PDF is positioned, not flowed, and may even be embedded as images requiring OCR.

Related terminology

PDF
Portable Document Format — a fixed-layout document standard (ISO 32000) that renders consistently across devices and printers.
OCR
Optical Character Recognition — extracting machine-readable text from scanned images inside documents.
Text extraction
Reading the text content out of a document file while discarding layout — the planned PDF to Text mode.

Frequently asked questions

Is the PDF converter working yet?
Not yet — this page is an interface preview. The conversion engine is planned, and the rest of the TextUtil document tools are fully functional in the meantime.
Will my PDFs be uploaded to a server when this launches?
The goal is to keep processing in your browser, consistent with every other tool on this site. Any exception would be stated clearly on this page.
How can I convert Markdown or HTML in the meantime?
Use the Markdown Preview tool to render Markdown to HTML and copy the result. Most browsers can then print any HTML page to PDF via the system print dialog.

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