Question 1

Will the text in the PDF be real — can I select and search it?

Accepted Answer

Yes. We don't take snapshots of pages: the text is written into the PDF as text with embedded fonts, so you can select, copy and search it (Ctrl+F). Cyrillic, Portuguese diacritics and hyperlinks are preserved.

Question 2

Will the PDF look exactly like it does in Word?

Accepted Answer

Not always, and we won't pretend otherwise. This is a re-render of your document in the browser, not Microsoft Word: fonts are swapped for metric-compatible ones (Calibri → Carlito, Arial → Arimo, Times New Roman → Tinos), so line breaks and page counts are usually close to the original but can differ. Text boxes, columns, SmartArt, charts and equations may look different or be lost. If you need pixel-perfect output, use “Save as PDF” in Word itself.

Question 3

Is my document uploaded to a server?

Accepted Answer

No. The document is read and turned into a PDF right in your browser; nothing is sent to our servers. Only libraries and open fonts are downloaded from a CDN (once, about 1–2 MB) — the document itself stays on your device.

Question 4

Which formats are supported, and are there limits?

Accepted Answer

Only .docx (and .docm). Legacy .doc, .odt and .rtf can't be read reliably in a browser — open the file in Word or LibreOffice and save it as .docx. Password-protected files aren't supported. You can pick several files at once and get a ZIP of PDFs. Very large documents take longer; progress is shown on screen.

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