Convert OpenDocument (ODT) to PDF
Convert an OpenDocument text file (.odt) to PDF directly in your browser, preserving headings, paragraphs, lists and bold/italic.
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Reads the ODT's content (headings, paragraphs, lists, bold/italic and manual line breaks) and draws it into a paginated PDF. It does not preserve the original layout, columns, tables, images or fonts -- it converts the content into a readable PDF, not a visual replica of the document. Characters outside the basic Latin alphabet (emoji, Chinese, Arabic, Cyrillic, Hindi...) may appear as "?".
Use cases
- Share a LibreOffice/OpenOffice Writer document as a universal PDF.
- Archive the final version of a report or letter in a stable format.
- Send a document by email in a format that looks the same on any device.
How it works
- 1
Upload your ODT
Drag the file or choose it from your device.
- 2
Convert to PDF
Click the button to generate the document.
- 3
Download the file
The .pdf downloads automatically.
Technical details
- It reflows the text onto A4 pages with roughly 2 cm margins, 11-point Helvetica and 20, 16 and 13.5-point headings according to their outline level; it doesn't reproduce Writer's layout.
- Headings, paragraphs, lists, bold, italic and manual line breaks are kept as real, selectable text. Images, headers and footers are not carried over, and tables come out cell by cell as paragraphs.
- The standard Helvetica font covers the Western European Latin alphabet (Windows-1252); letters such as ł, ő or ć, Cyrillic, Greek or emoji come out as "?".
- For a PDF identical to the document, use File › Export as PDF in LibreOffice. Limit: 20 MB.
Frequently asked questions
Is the ODT's visual design preserved?
No, this tool converts the content (headings, paragraphs, lists, bold/italic) into a paginated PDF; it does not reconstruct the original document's layout, tables or images.
What happens with emoji or characters from other alphabets?
Characters outside the basic Latin alphabet (emoji, Chinese, Arabic, Cyrillic, Hindi...) may appear as "?" in the generated PDF.
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