Excel to PDF converts a spreadsheet (.xlsx) into a PDF that looks the same on every device. Cell fonts, colours, borders, number formats and merged cells are kept, and the text in the PDF is real, selectable text. The conversion runs in your browser, so your workbook is never uploaded.
How to convert Excel to PDF
- Click Choose an Excel file or drop an .xlsx file on the page.
- Tick the Sheets you want and set Page width, Orientation, Paper and Gridlines.
- Click Convert to PDF. The PDF is saved with the same name as your workbook.
What is kept
| In your spreadsheet | In the PDF |
|---|---|
| Fonts, bold, italic, underline, text colour | Kept, as vector text you can select and search |
| Fill colours and borders | Kept |
| Currency, dates, percentages, decimals | Shown as formatted in Excel, such as $1,250.00 or 24 Oct 2026 |
| Merged cells, alignment, wrapped text | Kept |
| Column widths and row heights | Kept, scaled together when the sheet is fitted to the page |
| Hidden rows and columns | Left out, as in Excel’s own print |
| Charts, pictures and shapes | Not included |
Page options
- Page width: Fit all columns on one page width scales a wide sheet so every column fits across the page. Actual size keeps the original size, and columns that do not fit continue on further pages.
- Orientation and paper: As set in the file uses the workbook’s own page setup. Override it with Portrait or Landscape, and A4 or US Letter.
- Gridlines: follow the file’s print setting, or show or hide them for every sheet.
Tips
- Wide sheet? Choose Landscape together with Fit all columns on one page width so the text stays larger.
- Only some of the rows? Hide the rows you do not need in Excel, save, then convert. Hidden rows and columns are left out.
- Need the data the other way round? PDF to Excel turns tables in a PDF back into a spreadsheet. For Word documents, use Word to PDF.
- Several files into one PDF? Convert each workbook, then join them with Merge PDF.
Private by design
Your files are processed on your own device and never uploaded. See how it works.