File formats and available converters

Choose a format to see what it preserves, what can change during conversion, and tools that currently accept or produce it. A format listing does not imply support for every possible conversion.

• PDF

  PDF preserves page geometry for sharing and printing. Page manipulation, rendering and OCR solve different problems.

  16 available tools

• JPG / JPEG

  JPEG uses lossy compression and is suited to photographs. JPG and JPEG are extensions for the same format.

  10 available tools

• PNG

  PNG stores pixels without lossy encoding and supports transparency, making it useful for diagrams and screenshots.

  10 available tools

• WebP

  WebP supports compact image encoding and transparency for web graphics.

  8 available tools

• DOCX

  DOCX packages text and document structure. Markdown represents a smaller set of content features.

  2 available tools

• Markdown

  Markdown stores readable text with markup for headings, lists, links and tables.

  5 available tools

• HTML

  HTML describes web document structure; Markdown represents a simpler text-based structure.

  2 available tools

• CSV

  CSV is a plain-text table format. It has no built-in cell types, multiple worksheets or workbook styling.

  4 available tools

• JSON

  JSON represents objects, arrays and primitive values for data exchange.

  8 available tools

• XLSX

  XLSX stores spreadsheet workbooks. The available tools exchange cell data with CSV or JSON.

  4 available tools

• YAML

  YAML is a readable configuration format with features beyond JSON.

  2 available tools

• XML

  XML uses elements and attributes; JSON uses objects and arrays. Their structures are not identical.

  2 available tools

• Plain text

  Plain text stores characters without page layout or document styling.

  3 available tools

• RTF

  Rich Text Format carries text and basic document formatting.

  1 available tools