Convert a PDF Into a Real Web Page
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Get one HTML file that holds the whole document, pictures included, either as tidy markup that adapts to any screen or as a faithful copy of every page. The conversion is computed by your own browser.
Out of the PDF, onto the web.
Load a text PDF
Guides, articles, newsletters and reports exported from Word or InDesign all work. If the PDF is protected, you enter its password first.
Flowing or exact
Flowing text gives clean markup that rewraps on a phone. Exact look reproduces each page as designed, with words you can still select and search.
Preview, then save
A live preview of the page appears in the result card. Save the single .html file and open it in any browser, or publish it as is.
Why put a PDF into HTML?
A PDF is a fixed sheet of paper on a screen. HTML bends to the device, links into the rest of the web and can be read aloud, translated and indexed.
Publishing a PDF as a web page
Turn a white paper or policy into an HTML page that search engines can index heading by heading and visitors can read without opening a viewer.
Making a manual readable on phones
Pinch-zooming around an A4 page is miserable on a small screen. The flowing version wraps to the width of the phone with comfortable, readable type.
Moving content into a CMS
Copy the generated headings, lists and tables into WordPress or a docs site instead of retyping them and rebuilding every table by hand.
Better accessibility
Real heading levels, list markup and table headers let screen reader users jump through a document, which a flat PDF often does not allow.
Translating in the browser
Built-in browser translation handles HTML easily but usually cannot reach inside a PDF viewer. Either mode gives the translator real text to work on.
Archiving a designed brochure
Exact look keeps a brochure or certificate looking like the printed piece while every word stays selectable, and it prints one page per sheet.
Flowing versus exact: two kinds of HTML.
Flowing text has to guess the structure a PDF never recorded. It finds the size most of the text is set in and treats anything at least 15 percent larger as a heading, ranking the sizes into levels. Lines that share spacing, size and indent are joined into paragraphs, and a word broken by a hyphen at the end of a line is put back together. On a two-column page it reads down the left column before the right, and the result is styled for comfortable reading, with an automatic dark theme for readers whose device prefers one.
Exact look skips the guessing. Each page is rendered without its text and placed as the background of a page-shaped box, then every line is positioned on top as live text in its original colour, weight and font family. Sizes are set in container query units, so the text grows and shrinks with the page when the window is resized, and a small script fits each line to its original width. It is the right choice for brochures, forms and anything with a deliberate layout.
Both versions are a single file with everything embedded, so large picture-heavy documents produce large HTML files. Exact look in particular stores a picture for every page. The file is marked as English; if your document is in another language, change the lang attribute on the html tag so screen readers pronounce it properly.
What Flowing text turns into markup
| Seen in the PDF | Becomes |
|---|---|
| Type clearly larger than the body text | h1, h2, h3 by size |
| A short bold line at body size | h4 |
| Lines starting with a bullet, "1." or "a)" | ul or ol |
| Lines set in a monospaced font | pre and code |
| Ruled or column-aligned rows | table, numbers right-aligned |
| Embedded photos and figures | figure with the image inside |
| Repeated headers and page numbers | Removed |
Tiny icons and full-page background images are left out of the flowing version on purpose. Drawn charts, clickable links and form fields are not carried over in either mode. Angled text is left out of the flowing version and stays inside the page picture in the exact one.
Questions answered.
What is the difference between Flowing text and Exact look?
Is the HTML clean enough to paste into a CMS or blog?
Where do the pictures go? Is there a folder of images?
My chart is missing from the flowing version.
Why did the page numbers and running header disappear?
Does the Exact look version need fonts installed?
Can I convert a scanned PDF to HTML?
Are links and form fields kept?
Does my PDF go to a server to be converted?
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