Convert an Excel workbook to a PDF, free and private. Wide sheets are handled with landscape orientation and automatic pagination, and the preview below shows exactly what will be rendered before you convert.
Excel to PDF
Turn an Excel spreadsheet into a print-ready PDF — landscape A4, paginated rows and columns, in your browser.
Quick answer
Convert Excel to PDF online free. Upload an .xlsx or .xls file, review the sheet preview, and download a paginated A4 landscape PDF — cell values, structure and basic formatting carry over. Everything runs in your browser: nothing is uploaded to a server. Best for straightforward sheets; merged cells, charts and very wide tables may be simplified (see the FAQ for details).
Drag & drop an Excel workbook here
or click to browse — .xlsx and .xls supported
PDF files only — up to 20MB each
Best-effort conversion. Clean, well-structured tables convert well; scanned or heavily designed layouts will not extract cleanly.
How to convert Excel to PDF online
Excel to PDF conversion reads your workbook with SheetJS, measures each column width from its content, and renders a paginated A4 landscape PDF with jsPDF. The first row is repeated as a shaded header on every printed page, columns that are too wide flow onto extra pages, and cell values (including dates and numbers) are preserved as text.
Add your workbook
Drag and drop an .xlsx or .xls file onto the tool, or click to browse. The first sheet is read automatically.
Check the sheet preview
The tool shows you the first rows of the sheet as a preview table, so you can confirm the data looks right before generating the PDF.
Convert and download
Click Convert to PDF. The spreadsheet is rendered to a paginated landscape PDF in your browser and downloads immediately.
When Excel to PDF comes in handy
Share data that anyone can open
Send a spreadsheet to someone who does not have Excel — a PDF opens on any device and prints reliably.
Archive a clean snapshot
Freeze the values and layout of a sheet at a point in time, so recipients can't accidentally change the numbers.
Print a large sheet
Wide or long spreadsheets automatically split across multiple landscape pages instead of spilling off the edge.
Key features
Sheet preview before converting
See exactly what will be rendered as a table preview before generating the PDF, so there are no surprises.
Auto-paginating columns
Columns that are too wide for one landscape page flow onto additional pages — no data is cut off or squashed.
Shaded header on every page
The first row is rendered as a bold, shaded header that repeats on each printed page for readability.
Supported formats
- Input: Excel workbooks (.xlsx, .xls) — first sheet only
- Output: a paginated A4 landscape PDF (.pdf) ready to print or share
Privacy and security
Limitations
- Only the first sheet is converted — copy the sheet you need to the front of the workbook.
- Merged cells, charts, images and cell backgrounds are not carried into the PDF.
- Formulas become their last computed (cached) values, not live formulas.
- Extremely wide or long sheets are paginated, so a single logical row may span several printed pages.
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How accurate is Excel to PDF conversion?
Cell values, row and column structure, and basic formatting like bold headers carry over well for straightforward sheets. Merged cells, charts, images, formulas beyond their cached values and very wide tables may be simplified — always review the output.
How are wide sheets handled?
Columns that do not fit on one page width flow onto additional pages in landscape orientation, and rows flow onto extra pages automatically. Each printed page keeps the sheet's column layout.
Which file types are supported?
Both classic .xls and modern .xlsx workbooks via SheetJS. Only the first sheet is converted today; copy the sheet you need to the front if your workbook has several.
Is my spreadsheet uploaded to a server?
No. Reading and conversion run entirely in your browser using SheetJS and jsPDF. Your file is read into local memory and the PDF is saved by your browser — nothing is uploaded or stored.
Will formulas still work in the PDF?
A PDF is a fixed picture of values, so formulas become their last computed results (the cached values stored in the workbook). The PDF shows what the sheet last evaluated to, not live formulas.