RTF to PDF
Convert RTF files to PDF with the layout intact.
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Processed securely and deleted within the hour.
Why convert RTF to PDF?
RTF is the lowest common denominator of word processing — readable by nearly everything, which is why it turns up in legal and government workflows. It is also verbose, fragile and unsuited to sending anywhere final.
What to watch for
RTF carries very little layout information, so the converted PDF reflects fairly basic formatting. That is a property of RTF, not of the conversion.
Converting to PDF fixes the appearance permanently, which is usually the point.
How the conversion works
Your file is converted by headless LibreOffice — the same engine behind the desktop suite, so what it produces matches what almost any word processor would show. It runs on our server because there is no browser equivalent: rendering a document faithfully needs the full layout engine, fonts and all.
Your file is processed in a directory created for that one job and deleted the moment your download has been sent. Nothing is logged, nothing is retained, and there is no account to create.
Archival PDF/A
If the document is going into a records system, a legal filing or any archive meant to outlive the software that made it, turn on PDF/A. It embeds every font and forbids anything that could make the file render differently in twenty years. The file gets larger — that is precisely what you are paying for.
Going the other way
Converting back out of PDF is a much harder problem, because a PDF has no paragraphs or cells to recover — only glyphs at coordinates. PDF to Word and PDF to Excel do their best at it, and are honest about where the guesswork shows.
Common questions
Will my formatting be preserved?
Yes in almost all cases. The main risk is an unusual font being substituted, which can shift line breaks slightly.
Which formats are accepted?
DOCX, DOC, ODT and RTF.
Are hyperlinks kept?
Yes, both external links and internal ones such as a table of contents.
What is PDF/A and do I need it?
An archival format that embeds everything needed to render the file identically in future. Use it for legal or records filing; otherwise it just makes the file bigger.
Do tracked changes appear?
No. As with exporting from Word, the document prints in its final state.
Is there a size limit?
100 MB per document.