XLS
Excel 97–2003 workbook
XLS is the binary workbook format Excel used until 2007. It is limited to 65,536 rows per sheet and is treated as a legacy format today.
Opens in Excel and LibreOffice Calc
XLS converterXLS to PDF converter, free and without sign-up.
Turn XLS spreadsheets into PDF. This conversion runs on our server: after you confirm, the file is uploaded over an encrypted connection, converted and then deleted.
Drop XLS files here
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How to convert XLS to PDF
Add your XLS spreadsheets
Drop XLS files onto the box above, or click it to choose them. ToAny reads the file's contents to detect the type, so a wrong extension does not matter.
PDF is already chosen
Press Convert and confirm the upload. The file is sent to the ToAny conversion server, converted to PDF and removed afterwards.
Download
Save the PDF, or download everything as one ZIP if you converted several files.
Why ToAny
Honest about uploads
Browsers cannot convert XLS to PDF reliably, so this pair runs on our server. You are asked before anything is sent, and the page says so plainly.
Removed afterwards
The uploaded file and the result are deleted once the conversion has finished. Nobody looks at them and they are not used for anything else.
No account
No sign-up, no email address and no watermark on the result.
XLS to PDF: what to expect
XLS is limited to 65,536 rows and is flagged as a legacy format by modern Excel. PDF looks the same on every device and keeps several pages in one file. XLS is at home in compatibility with very old copies of Excel; PDF is the usual choice for documents that must look the same everywhere, and printing.
XLS vs PDF
PDF
PDF document
PDF fixes a document's layout so it looks identical on every screen and printer. That makes it the default for forms, invoices and anything sent to print, and also what makes it awkward to edit.
Opens in Every browser, phone and computer
PDF converter| XLSExcel 97–2003 workbook | PDFPDF document | |
|---|---|---|
| Stands for | Excel 97–2003 Workbook | Portable Document Format |
| Type | Spreadsheet workbook (binary) | Fixed-layout document |
| Compression | None | Mixed: text is stored as text, images keep their own compression |
| Introduced | 1997, by Microsoft | 1993, by Adobe (an ISO standard since 2008) |
| Opens in | Excel and LibreOffice Calc | Every browser, phone and computer |
| Best for | Compatibility with very old copies of Excel | Documents that must look the same everywhere, and printing |
| File extension | .xls | .pdf, .ai |
Questions
Is my XLS file uploaded?
Yes, for this conversion. Browsers cannot convert XLS to PDF reliably, so after you confirm, the file is uploaded over an encrypted connection to the ToAny conversion server, converted automatically and deleted once the conversion has finished. Most other conversions on ToAny run in your browser and upload nothing.
Is anything lost when converting XLS to PDF?
The content is carried over as faithfully as PDF allows; features that PDF does not have are left out.
Can I convert several XLS files at once?
Yes. Add as many as you like, convert them together and download each result or all of them as one ZIP.
How do I convert XLS to PDF on Windows, Mac, iPhone or Android?
The steps are the same everywhere because ToAny runs in the web browser: open this page in a current version of Chrome, Edge, Safari or Firefox, add the XLS file, press Convert and save the PDF. There is nothing to install.
Is there a file size limit?
Yes. Files sent to the conversion server are capped in size, and the page tells you when a file is too large to upload.