PDF to HTML converter
This makes an HTML out of the PDF you already have. HTML is the file a web page is made of. Your file never leaves your computer.
Need the other direction? Convert HTML to PDF
How to convert PDF to HTML
- 1 Drop your PDF .pdf file onto the page, or click to browse for it.
- 2 Check the options. Nothing is thrown away on the way to HTML, so there is no quality dial to set.
- 3 Convert. The work happens on your own machine, so how long it takes depends on your computer and the file.
- 4 Download the HTML, or add more files and do the whole set in one go.
Why convert PDF to HTML
- Renders in every browser with no plugin, viewer or conversion.
- Reflows to any screen size, which fixed-layout formats cannot do.
- Exported reports and dashboards meant to be opened in a browser.
- PDF: editing an existing PDF is awkward because it stores drawing commands, not structure.
PDF compared with HTML
How the two formats differ on the things that decide whether a conversion is worth making.
| Property | HTML | |
|---|---|---|
| File extension | .html | |
| Compression | Lossy or lossless | Uncompressed |
| Multiple pages | Yes | No |
| Colour depth | RGB, CMYK, greyscale and spot colour with ICC profiles | UTF-8 markup rendered through the CSS box model |
| Typical file size | Depends on mode | Largest |
| Developed by | Adobe, now ISO 32000 | Tim Berners-Lee, now WHATWG |
Quality and what changes
HTML stores the same content under a different set of rules, so what matters here is compatibility rather than picture quality. Convert once from the best source you have rather than through a chain of intermediate files.
- A multi-page PDF produces one HTML per page.
- One HTML limitation to keep in mind: printing and pagination are unreliable compared with PDF.
Questions about PDF to HTML
What happens to a multi-page PDF?
HTML holds one page, so each page becomes a separate file and you get the set as a ZIP. Nothing is discarded, it just cannot stay in a single document.
Is my PDF file uploaded anywhere?
No. The whole thing runs inside the browser tab you already have open. Your PDF is read straight from your own disk, converted on your machine and handed back as an HTML. Nothing is sent anywhere, nothing is stored and there is no account.
Is there a file size limit?
There is no server-side limit because no server sees the file. The real ceiling is your device memory, since the input and the output both have to fit in the tab. A few hundred megabytes is usually fine on a desktop machine and considerably less on a phone.
Can I convert several PDF files at once?
Yes. Add as many as you like and they are processed one after another, then offered as separate HTML downloads or as a single ZIP. Speed depends on your own processor rather than on a queue.
Does the converter work offline?
Yes, after the page has loaded once. The engine is cached by the browser, so you can disconnect, reload and keep converting. That falls out of doing the work locally rather than being a separate mode you switch on.