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Plain .txt files only. The PDF keeps the lines on A4 or US Letter. Conversion stays in this browser.
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Convert a text file to PDF
Convert a text file to PDF in your browser. No signup, A4 or Letter pages, and the file stays on your device.
What is TXT to PDF conversion?
TXT to PDF converter features
TXT to PDF
Upload a .txt file and download a PDF with the same words.
Line breaks kept
Each line of the text file stays a line. Long lines wrap to the page.
A4 or Letter
Choose A4 or US Letter before converting.
Browser-side conversion
The text file stays on your device. No account is required to convert TXT to PDF.
How to convert TXT to PDF
Add the text file
Drop a .txt file. The converter reads it in your browser.
Choose a page size
Pick A4 or US Letter, then click Convert to PDF.
Download the PDF
Save the PDF and open it in any PDF reader.
Tips for converting TXT to PDF
- 01
Use a plain text file
The file should be words in a .txt file. A Word document or a PDF is a different format.
- 02
Notepad files work
A file saved from Notepad is a .txt file. Drop it here.
- 03
Latin script
Accented Latin letters are kept. A file in another script needs a different PDF font.
Good uses for a TXT to PDF converter
Share notes: Turn a .txt file into a PDF that opens without a text editor.
Print a text file: A4 or US Letter pages are ready to print.
Keep the wording: The words and line breaks from the text file stay in the PDF.
Why convert TXT to PDF here
No signup
Convert a TXT file without an account.
Stays on your device
Reading and PDF writing run in the browser.
A normal PDF
The download opens in Preview, Acrobat, and browser PDF viewers.
Technical details
- Input
- A plain text file (.txt) up to 10 MB, read as UTF-8. A file that contains binary data is rejected.
- Output
- A PDF on A4 or US Letter. Lines use Courier. Long lines wrap. Up to 1,200 pages.
- What is left out
- Scripts outside Latin are left out. A .txt file has no pictures or fonts to copy.
- Where it runs
- The text file is read and the PDF is written locally in the browser. The file is not uploaded for conversion.
Sources & References
“In computing, plain text is a loose term for unformatted text or nontextual data represented as text (e.g. file contents) using printable characters (for example letters, digits, symbols, spaces, tabs, line breaks) in a character encoding.”
Plain text: This tool reads that kind of file, the .txt file. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_text
“PDF is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.”
PDF — Portable Document Format: The download is a normal PDF, so it opens without a text editor. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF