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Make Excel spreadsheets easy to read by converting them to PDF.

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Convert Excel to PDF

Turn spreadsheets into a printable, shareable PDF via LibreOffice Calc.

Excel to PDF renders your .xls or .xlsx into a PDF using LibreOffice Calc's headless conversion. Print settings you saved in the workbook (page orientation, print area) are respected.

For spreadsheets with hundreds of columns, expect the PDF to span many pages. Set a print area in your source file before converting for cleaner results.

How to use it

  1. 1Upload the .xls or .xlsx.
  2. 2Press Convert.
  3. 3Download the PDF and check the layout.

Real-world use cases

  • Turn a monthly report into a shareable PDF for stakeholders who don't want an Excel file.
  • Freeze pricing tables before quoting a customer.
  • Prepare a spreadsheet for upload to a portal that only accepts PDF.

Supported formats & limits

Input: .xls, .xlsx. Output: PDF.

Privacy

Your uploaded file is written to a temporary folder on our server, processed, and deleted by the operating system as soon as the request finishes — typically within seconds. Nothing is stored in our database. Traffic is encrypted over HTTPS.

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Frequently asked questions

Formulas came out as numbers — is that right?▾

Yes — the PDF shows the calculated result at the moment of conversion, not the underlying formula.

How do I control which sheets are included?▾

By default all visible sheets convert. Hide sheets in Excel before uploading if you want them excluded.

Which sheets get included when I convert an Excel workbook?▾

By default, every visible sheet — hidden sheets are skipped, matching Excel's 'Print entire workbook' behaviour. To convert only one sheet, save it as a separate .xlsx first.

How does the tool handle very wide sheets?▾

It respects the sheet's Print Area if you've set one; otherwise it uses the used-range and applies 'fit to page width' so nothing gets cropped. Very wide tables land on landscape A3-equivalent pages where needed.

Do formulas convert to their values, or do the formulas themselves appear?▾

PDF is a display format — you'll see the computed cell values, exactly as they render in Excel. The underlying formulas do not appear anywhere in the PDF.

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