Step 1: Drop your PNG files using the button above or by deposit and leave.
Step 2: Click the 'Convert' button to start the conversion.
Step 3: Receive your converted PDF files.
PNG to PDF Conversion FAQ
How do I convert PNG to PDF for sharing or printing?
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Upload the PNG and the converter renders it onto PDF pages with sensible defaults: A4 / letter size, 1-inch margins, embedded fonts. Multi-page sources (DOCX, XLSX) preserve page breaks; single-asset sources (images) get one page each.
What if the source is a scan with no real text in it?
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Then the conversion produces a picture of the text rather than the text itself, and searching it finds nothing. Run /pdf-ocr/ to add a recognised text layer first; optical character recognition turns the scanned pixels into selectable, searchable characters that the conversion can then carry through properly.
What happens to transparent areas of my PNG in the PDF?
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They are composited against the page, which is white by default, so a transparent background becomes a white one. If the image is meant to sit on a coloured page, set the matte colour before converting rather than trying to fix it afterwards in the document.
How do I stop screenshots looking soft once they are in the PDF?
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Keep them at their native pixel size. A PNG is what a screen capture is saved as, and screen text is drawn one pixel thin — scale it up or down inside the document and the letterforms blur immediately, because there is no spare detail to resample from. Place the image at full size and change the page zoom instead; if it genuinely has to be smaller, re-capture the window at a smaller size rather than shrinking the picture afterwards. PNG is the right choice for screenshots, logos, line art and anything with hard edges or transparency — no ringing, no colour banding.
Is the PDF side of this conversion searchable?
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It depends entirely on whether real text is present. A PDF generated from a document carries an actual text layer and is searchable; a PDF built from scans or images is a picture of text and is not, until OCR adds a layer. /pdf-ocr/ does that, and it is worth running before any conversion that expects to read the words.
Will the PNG to PDF conversion keep my fonts and formatting?
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Yes for text-bearing PNG (DOCX, ODT, HTML, TXT) — fonts are embedded into the PDF so the output looks identical on every viewer. Image-only PNG (JPG, PNG) just centers the image on the page; layout is N/A.
Can I merge multiple PNG files into one PDF?
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Yes — drop multiple PNG files into the upload zone and choose the "merge into one PDF" option. They appear as sequential pages in the PDF in upload order; drag-to-reorder is supported before conversion.
What page size and orientation will the PDF use?
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Defaults: A4 portrait (international) or letter portrait (US). The advanced options expose page-size (A3, A4, A5, letter, legal, tabloid, custom) and orientation (portrait / landscape). For image PNG, "auto-fit" picks orientation to match the source aspect ratio.
Will hyperlinks in my PNG survive the PDF conversion?
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Yes for PNG formats that have real hyperlink metadata (DOCX, ODT, HTML). Image-based PNG (JPG, PNG, TIFF) have no hyperlinks to preserve. The PDF file uses standard PDF URL actions so links work in every PDF reader.
Is the PDF searchable (selectable text)?
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Yes when the PNG contains real text (DOCX, ODT, HTML, TXT). Image-based PNG produces an image-only PDF — to make it searchable, use /pdf-ocr/ after conversion to run optical character recognition.
Can I password-protect the PDF after conversion?
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Not in this tool — convert PNG to PDF first, then use /pdf-protect/ to add a password, watermark, or restrict editing. Splitting the operations makes it easy to reconvert without re-typing the password.
How big will the PDF file be?
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Depends on the PNG. A 10-page DOCX with embedded fonts produces a 200-400 KB PDF. A 10-image JPG batch at full resolution produces a 5-20 MB PDF. The advanced options expose a "compress images in PDF" toggle that recompresses embedded images at JPG quality 85.
