# Convert to PDF — Convert Word, Markdown and HTML to PDF on Mac

Turn Word, RTF, Markdown, HTML and text files into clean, paginated PDFs. Part of OneMacTools, 151 private tools in one native Mac app (macOS 26 or later); category: PDF. Runs on your Mac; nothing is uploaded.

Convert documents to PDF on A4 or US Letter with normal, narrow or wide margins. Markdown keeps its headings, bold and italics, links, lists, quotes and code blocks.

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## How to use it
1. **Add your documents.** Drop Word, RTF, Markdown, HTML or text files onto Convert to PDF. Or select them in Finder, right-click and choose Quick Actions › OMT: Convert to PDF.
2. **Choose the page.** Pick A4 or US Letter, and Normal, Narrow or Wide margins.
3. **Click Convert.** Each document is laid out across as many pages as it needs and saved as a PDF with the same name, in a dated folder in Downloads › OneMacTools.
4. **Check the layout.** Open the PDFs with the Preview (eye) button before sending them.

## Options
- **Page size:** A4 or US Letter. Use A4 in most of the world and US Letter for the US and Canada.
- **Margins:** Normal (just under an inch), Narrow (half an inch) or Wide (about an inch and a quarter). Narrow fits more on each page; Wide leaves room for notes and binding.

## Tips
- Markdown keeps its headings, bold and italics, links, bullet and numbered lists, quotes and code blocks, so it's a quick way to turn notes into a tidy document.
- Markdown tables and images aren't laid out, so convert notes with those another way or keep them as simple lists.
- For Word files with complex layouts, or for Excel, PowerPoint, Pages, Numbers and Keynote files, Office & iWork to PDF gives the most faithful result.
- The PDFs have real, selectable text. Add page numbers afterwards with Page Numbers, Header & Footer.
- Convert a whole folder of text or Markdown files at once by dropping them all together.

## Questions
**How do I convert a Word document to PDF on a Mac without Word?**
Drop the .docx onto Convert to PDF, choose the page size and margins, and click Convert. Text, fonts and basic formatting come across.

**How do I convert Markdown to PDF?**
Drop the .md file and click Convert. Headings, bold and italics, links, lists, quotes and code blocks are all styled in the PDF.

**Can I convert an HTML file to PDF?**
Yes. Saved HTML files are converted with their text and formatting. To save a live web page, use Web Page to PDF with its link instead.

**Is the text in the PDF selectable?**
Yes. It's real text, so you can search, select and copy it.

**What about Excel, PowerPoint or Pages files?**
Use Office & iWork to PDF for those. Convert to PDF is for text documents.

**Can I convert several documents at once?**
Yes. Drop them all and each becomes its own PDF.