Convert Word to PDF on your computer

OléPDF reads the open DOCX format locally and rebuilds headings, paragraphs, lists, tables and PNG/JPG images as a self-contained PDF. No Office installation, cloud conversion or document upload.

100% private: everything runs on your computer, your files never leave your device.

  1. Upload a .docx from your device
  2. Review the local reconstruction of text and document structure
  3. Download a PDF with selectable text

What Word to PDF does

Word to PDF converts a .docx document into a PDF with selectable text, directly in your browser and without Microsoft Office, LibreOffice or any online conversion service. OléPDF opens the .docx as the open format it is, reads the document, its styles, its numbering and its images, and rebuilds the content page by page with a local PDF library. The file you convert never leaves your computer.

It is meant for the everyday case: a letter, a CV, a report, a set of minutes or a simple contract that has to be sent as a PDF. For those documents the result is a clean, light PDF with the text intact. For a heavily designed brochure with text boxes, SmartArt and floating shapes, a desktop word processor's own export will be more faithful; this tool prioritises privacy and immediacy over reproducing every Word feature.

How to convert Word to PDF

  1. Add one or more .docx files. Older .doc files are not accepted; save them as .docx in your word processor first.
  2. Press Convert to PDF. The document is unpacked and its content, styles, lists, tables, images and the first header and footer are laid out on A4 pages.
  3. Review the preview and download the PDF, named after the original with the suffix _pdf and a timestamp. The document title from the file properties becomes the PDF title.
  4. Several documents with the 7-Day Pass or Pro: they are converted one after the other and delivered as a ZIP with one PDF per document.

What is preserved and what is simplified

The converter reads the parts of the .docx that carry the content: the main document, styles, numbering definitions, core properties, the first header and footer and PNG or JPEG media. Everything is laid out on A4 portrait pages with 50 point margins using the standard PDF font families, sans, serif and monospace, chosen according to the font each run declares.

Privacy: no Office, no cloud, no upload

The .docx is unpacked in memory, parsed with the browser's own XML parser and drawn into a PDF by a library running in your browser tab. No part of the document is uploaded, no external converter is called and no third-party script is loaded. The only network traffic is OléPDF's own code and, if your text uses Japanese or Hebrew, a font subset from its own domain. The original file on your disk is never modified.

That makes the tool suitable for the documents people are most reluctant to upload: contracts, offers, medical letters, personal correspondence.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Word to PDF free?

Yes. Converting one document at a time is free and unlimited, with no account and no watermark. Batch conversion of several documents requires the 7-Day Pass or Pro.

Does my document leave my computer?

No. The .docx is read and the PDF is written entirely in your browser. There is no upload and no external conversion service.

Why does my landscape or Letter document come out as A4 portrait?

The converter does not read page setup from the .docx and always lays content out on A4 portrait with 50 point margins. If the exact page format matters, export from your word processor instead.

Which parts of a complex document are lost?

Text boxes, shapes, SmartArt, charts, footnotes, comments, tracked changes and vector images are not rendered. Plain text, headings, lists, tables and PNG or JPEG images convert well.

Can I convert .doc, .rtf or .odt files?

No. Only the open .docx format is accepted. Save the file as .docx in Word, LibreOffice or Pages and then convert it.

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