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Folio Free Excel to PDF and CSV to PDF converter. No sign-up.

Convert Excel to PDF and CSV to PDF for free, right in your browser

Folio is a free online Excel to PDF and CSV to PDF converter with two ways to work. It handles XLSX, XLS, ODS and CSV files. Turn a spreadsheet or CSV file into a clean, print-ready PDF that looks the way it does in Excel, or fit an Excel sheet onto a single page. Your fonts, colours, borders, charts and page setup stay intact. No sign-up, no watermark, and your files never leave your device.

  1. Pick an option

    Choose CSV to PDF for tidy tables, or Fit Excel to one page to shrink a sheet onto one page.

  2. Add your file

    Drop an XLSX, XLS, ODS or CSV file on the page, or choose it from your device. Convert XLSX to PDF in one step.

  3. Check and download

    Preview every page, set paper size, orientation and scaling, then download the PDF.

Two ways to convert

Both options use the same converter. Switch between them above the preview.

Convert CSV to PDF

Comma, semicolon, tab and pipe separated files are detected automatically. Columns fit their contents, the header row repeats on every page and page numbers are added.

Fit Excel to one page

Shrink each sheet onto one page, or fit every column across the width and let the rows run onto more pages. It works like Excel's Fit to page setting.

Cell formatting

Fonts, colours, fills, all border styles, merged cells, wrapped and rotated text, indents and alignment.

Numbers and dates

Currency, accounting, percentages, dates and times, exactly as Excel formats them, including red negatives.

Charts and pictures

Column, bar, line, pie and scatter charts, logos, images and text boxes.

Every language

Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Hebrew, Hindi, Cyrillic and emoji all render correctly.

Everything you need in one Excel and CSV to PDF tool

Two options, one tool

Switch between CSV to PDF and Fit Excel to one page at any time, without losing your files.

A4, Letter and more

Choose A4, US Letter, Legal, A3, A5 or Tabloid, in portrait or landscape.

Live page preview

See exactly where each page breaks before you download anything.

Pick your sheets

Convert a whole workbook or only the sheets you need, including hidden ones.

Many files at once

Combine several files into one PDF, or get a separate PDF for each in a .zip.

Headers and page numbers

Repeat header rows on every page and add “Page 1 of 5” footers.

Searchable PDF text

Real, selectable text and clickable links, not a blurry screenshot of your sheet.

Any separator

Leading zeros and long ID numbers are kept exactly as written, and separators are detected for you.

Private by design

No uploads, no account and no server. Safe for invoices, payroll and client data.

Save a spreadsheet as PDF without Excel

Most online converters upload your spreadsheet to someone else's server. Folio does the whole conversion on your own computer or phone, so confidential numbers stay with you.

Excel and CSV to PDF questions, answered

Search 45 answers. Pick a category: CSV files, fitting to one page, general, privacy, pages and layout, formatting and troubleshooting.

General

Is this Excel to PDF converter free?

Yes, completely. There is no sign-up, no watermark, no page limit and no paid version. The converter runs in your own browser, so there are no server costs to pass on to you.

Do I need to install anything or create an account?

No. Open the page, drop in a spreadsheet and download the PDF. It works in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari on Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, Android, iPhone and iPad.

Which file types can I convert?

Excel workbooks (.xlsx, .xlsm, .xltx), older Excel files (.xls), Excel binary workbooks (.xlsb), OpenDocument spreadsheets (.ods) and CSV or TSV text files.

Can I convert several files at once?

Yes. Add as many workbooks as you like. You can combine them into a single PDF or download a .zip with one PDF for each file.

Do I need Microsoft Excel?

No. The converter reads the workbook itself, so you can turn a spreadsheet into a PDF on a phone, a Chromebook or any computer without Office.

CSV files

How do I convert a CSV file to PDF?

Drop the .csv file on this page or choose it with Choose files. Check the preview, then press Download PDF. There is nothing to install and no account to create.

My CSV uses semicolons. Will it work?

Yes. The separator is detected from the first line, so comma, semicolon, tab and pipe separated files all work without any settings.

Will leading zeros and long numbers be kept?

Yes. Values are printed exactly as they appear in the file, so ZIP codes like 00742, product codes and long account numbers stay intact. Numbers are still right-aligned so columns line up.

Why does the header row repeat on every page?

This page starts with Repeat header rows set to First row, which is what most people want for long tables. Switch it Off in Page setup if you prefer.

Can I remove the gridlines?

Yes. Set Gridlines to Off in Page setup. On Auto, gridlines are added because CSV files have no borders of their own.

The accents in my file look wrong

The converter reads UTF-8 first and falls back to the Windows encoding Excel uses. If text still looks odd, open the file in a text editor, save it as UTF-8 and try again.

How many rows can it handle?

Tens of thousands of rows convert in a few seconds on a typical computer. Very large files are best done on a computer rather than a phone.

Fitting to one page

How do I fit an Excel sheet on one page as a PDF?

Drop the file on this page. Scaling is already set to Fit each sheet on one page, so every sheet comes out as a single page. Check the preview, then press Download PDF.

How do I fit all columns on one page but keep several pages?

In Page setup, set Scaling to Fit all columns on one page. The columns fit the page width and the rows continue onto as many pages as they need.

The text is too small. What can I do?

Switch Orientation to Landscape, choose a larger paper size such as A3, set Margins to Narrow, or fit only the columns rather than the whole sheet. Setting a print area in Excel also helps.

Is this the same as Excel’s Fit to page setting?

Yes. It works like Page Layout > Scale to Fit in Excel, with width and height set to 1 page. If your file already has its own fit settings, choose Smart under Scaling to use them.

Can I fit several sheets, each on its own page?

Yes. Each sheet you tick in the Files list is fitted onto its own page, all in one PDF.

Does fitting ignore page breaks?

Yes, as in Excel. When a sheet is fitted onto one page, manual page breaks are ignored.

Pages and layout

How do I fit a wide spreadsheet on one page?

Under Scaling, choose Fit all columns on one page. Every column then fits across the page width, and rows continue on as many pages as they need. The default Smart setting already does this unless your file has its own scaling.

How do I fit a whole sheet on a single page?

Choose Fit each sheet on one page under Scaling. Large sheets get small, so check the preview to make sure the text is still readable.

Does it use the page setup I made in Excel?

Yes. Print areas, print titles, paper size, orientation, margins, fit-to-page, scaling, manual page breaks, page order and headers and footers are all read from the file. Change any of them in Page setup if you want something different.

How do I repeat the header row on every page?

Set Repeat header rows to First row. If you set print titles in Excel (Page Layout > Print Titles), choose From file and those rows repeat instead.

Why did my sheet turn landscape?

With Orientation on Auto, wide sheets are turned sideways when that lets them print noticeably larger. Choose Portrait to keep them upright.

Can I choose A4 or US Letter?

Yes. Pick A4, US Letter, US Legal, A3, A5 or Tabloid under Paper size. Use the file’s setting keeps the size saved in the workbook, or your local default if there is none.

Can I convert only some of the sheets?

Yes. Untick the sheets you don’t need in the Files list. Each sheet shows how many pages it will take.

Can I print only part of a sheet?

Set a print area in Excel (Page Layout > Print Area) and leave Use the print area turned on. Only that range is converted.

How do page numbers work?

Choose Page numbers under Header and footer to add “Page 1 of 5” to the bottom of every page. From file uses the header and footer set in Excel, with page number, sheet name, file name and date fields filled in.

Formatting

Will my formatting be kept?

Yes. Fonts, colours, fills, borders, merged cells, wrapped and rotated text, alignment, indents, column widths and row heights are all reproduced, along with number formats such as currency, percentages, dates and accounting.

Are charts and pictures included?

Yes. Pictures and logos are placed where they are in the sheet. Column, bar, line, area, pie, doughnut and scatter charts are redrawn from the workbook’s data. Pictures and charts are kept whole on one page whenever they fit.

Is conditional formatting kept?

Yes: colour scales, data bars, highlight rules (greater than, between, text contains and similar), top and bottom rules, above average, duplicates and most formula-based rules. Icon sets are not drawn.

What about tables made with Format as Table?

The table style is applied: the coloured header row, banded rows and total row.

Do formulas show their results?

Yes. The PDF shows the values Excel saved with the file. Some apps other than Excel save formulas without results; if that happens you’ll see a note, and opening and saving the file in Excel fixes it.

Can I select and search the text in the PDF?

Yes. Text is real text, not a picture, so you can search, select and copy it. Hyperlinks in cells stay clickable.

Does it support Chinese, Arabic, Hindi and other languages?

Yes. Text in any language, including right-to-left scripts and emoji, is shown correctly. Characters outside Western European alphabets are drawn as sharp, high-resolution images, so they print perfectly but can’t be selected as text.

Will the fonts match Excel exactly?

Text is set in standard PDF fonts that every reader has, and spaced to match your workbook’s fonts, so columns and line breaks land where they do in Excel. The letter shapes can differ slightly from Calibri or Aptos.

Should the PDF have gridlines?

On Auto, gridlines are added only to sheets that have no borders of their own, so plain data stays easy to read. Turn them On or Off to choose for yourself.

Privacy

Are my spreadsheets uploaded to a server?

No. Your files are opened and converted inside your browser, on your own device. Nothing is sent anywhere, which makes it safe for payroll, invoices and other confidential workbooks.

Is anything stored after I close the page?

No. The files live only in this browser tab. Close or reload the tab and they are gone.

What does the page download from the internet?

Only the converter itself: web fonts from Google Fonts and the open-source libraries that read spreadsheets and write PDFs, from the cdnjs content network. Your data never leaves your device.

Troubleshooting

Why does a cell show ### in the PDF?

The number is too wide for its column, just as in Excel. Widen the column in Excel, or use a smaller font, and convert again.

My file won’t open. What can I do?

Password-protected workbooks can’t be read: remove the password in Excel (File > Info > Protect Workbook) and try again. If the file is damaged, open it in Excel or LibreOffice and save it again as .xlsx.

A sheet is missing from the PDF

Hidden sheets are left out by default, and empty sheets have nothing to print. Tick a hidden sheet in the Files list to include it.

Some rows or columns are missing

Hidden rows and columns are left out, as they are when you print from Excel. Turn on Show hidden rows and columns to include them.

How big a file can it handle?

Workbooks with tens of thousands of rows convert fine on a typical computer; a 30,000-row sheet takes a few seconds. Phones have less memory, so very large files are best converted on a computer.

The download doesn’t start on my iPhone

Safari may open the PDF in a new tab instead. Tap the share button there and choose Save to Files.