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Excel to PDF

Convert Excel (.xlsx) spreadsheets into PDFs with real, selectable text. Number formats, fonts, fills, borders and merged cells are preserved. Convert several at once — everything happens in your browser, nothing is uploaded.

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Excel → PDF

Why convert Excel to PDF?

A spreadsheet rarely looks the same on two computers. Column widths shift, fonts fall back, and anyone without Excel may not be able to open an .xlsx at all. A PDF freezes the sheet exactly as you laid it out, so a statement, invoice, ledger or report looks identical for everyone who opens it, on any device, and it is the format most people expect to receive and to print. This converter reads your workbook and draws each sheet as a true table: real text, not a screenshot. Your numbers keep their formatting, so currency, dates, percentages and thousands separators come through the way Excel shows them. Fills, borders, merged cells and alignment are preserved, every sheet in the workbook is included, and wide sheets are scaled to fit the page. Because the text stays real text, the finished PDF is fully selectable and searchable, and the files are small. The whole conversion happens in your browser, so your spreadsheet never leaves your device.

How do I convert an Excel spreadsheet to PDF for free?

Open your .xlsx file in a browser-based Excel to PDF converter. It rebuilds each sheet as a real table, keeping your values, number formats, fonts, fills, borders and merged cells, then saves a PDF whose text you can still select, search and copy. Everything runs on your device, so the file is never uploaded.

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Frequently asked questions

Is the text in the PDF real and searchable?
Yes. Every value is drawn as real text, so you can select it, copy it and use Ctrl+F inside the PDF. It is a genuine conversion, not a picture of your sheet, and it stays crisp at any zoom.
Are number formats like currency and dates preserved?
Yes. Amounts, currency symbols, dates, percentages and thousands separators are rendered the way Excel displays them, so a balance shown as 1,250.00 or a date shown as 24-Jan-25 looks the same in the PDF.
What about fills, borders and merged cells?
Cell colours, borders, gridlines, merged cells, bold and italic text and left, right and centre alignment are all reproduced, so a styled statement or invoice keeps its look.
What does not convert?
Charts, drawings and shapes are not drawn, and visual conditional formatting such as data bars and colour scales is not reproduced. The cell data and its formatting convert faithfully, so it is worth opening the result to check before you share it.
How are large workbooks handled?
Every sheet in the workbook becomes its own labelled section in the PDF. Tall sheets flow across multiple pages, and a sheet that is wider than the page is scaled down so all of its columns fit.
Does it work with old .xls files?
This tool converts modern Excel .xlsx files. If you have an older .xls, open it in Excel or a free spreadsheet app and use Save As to make an .xlsx copy first, then convert that.
Will my spreadsheet be uploaded to a server?
No. The whole conversion runs in your browser, so your spreadsheet never leaves your device. It is private by design.

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