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CSV to PDF Converter

Our free CSV to PDF converter turns a spreadsheet-style CSV file into a clean, printable PDF table right in your browser. Paste your CSV text or upload a .csv file, pick the page size, orientation, and font size, add a title, and download a real PDF — no upload to any server, no sign-up, and no watermark.

How it works

A CSV file is plain text: each line is a row, and a delimiter — usually a comma — separates the columns. The first row is normally the header, with the column names, and every row after it is one record. This tool reads that text and rebuilds the grid, so a list you exported from a spreadsheet, a database, or an online form becomes a tidy table you can print or share as a PDF.

The parser handles the tricky parts of real CSV files properly. A field wrapped in double quotes may contain commas without splitting the column, so "Doe, Jane" stays one cell instead of becoming two. A doubled double-quote inside a quoted field, like "Say ""hello""", becomes a single quote mark in the result. Quoted fields may even contain line breaks. If a quoted field is never closed, the tool stops and shows a friendly message telling you to check the quotes, instead of silently producing a broken table.

You control how the PDF looks. Page size offers Letter (8.5 by 11 inches, the standard sheet in North America) or A4 (210 by 297 millimeters, the standard sheet almost everywhere else). Portrait suits narrow tables with a few columns, while landscape gives wide tables more room and fits more columns on each page without shrinking the text. Font size runs from 10 points for dense tables to 14 points for easy reading, and the optional title prints at the top of the first page. Column widths are set from the longest cell in each column, so a short number column stays narrow and a long name column gets the space it needs.

Long tables are handled by wrapping and paging. Text that is too long for its column wraps onto extra lines inside the cell, and when a table runs past the bottom of a page it continues on the next one, with the header row repeated at the top so every page is readable on its own. Nothing is uploaded at any point: the parsing and the PDF are built in your browser with a local copy of the jsPDF library, so your data never leaves your device.

Choose the delimiter to match your file. Comma is the default and suits most exports. Semicolon is common in exports from places where a comma is the decimal separator, because a comma inside a number would otherwise split the column. Tab suits data copied from a table or exported from a database. If the preview shows your columns jumbled into one, you almost certainly have the wrong delimiter picked — switch it and preview again before downloading.

Worked example

Suppose you run a small online shop and export this month's orders as a CSV file:

Name,City,Orders
"Doe, Jane",Chicago,12
"Smith, John",Austin,8
Lee,Denver,15

Step 1: paste the text into the box (or upload the .csv file). The tool sees 4 rows and 3 columns, and the quoted names stay intact — "Doe, Jane" is one cell, not two.
Step 2: leave the delimiter on Comma, the page size on Letter, the orientation on Portrait, and the font size on 12 pt, with the title "Orders by Customer".
Step 3: click "Preview table". The preview shows the header row — Name, City, Orders — followed by the three customers, with Jane Doe from Chicago on 12 orders, John Smith from Austin on 8, and Lee from Denver on 15.
Step 4: click "Download PDF". The tool builds a one-page Letter PDF titled "Orders by Customer", with the same 4 rows and 3 columns, and saves it as orders-by-customer.pdf (or table.pdf if you left the title blank).

The PDF is a real document, not a screenshot: the text is selectable, it prints cleanly, and you can attach it to an email or file it with your monthly records. If the same export had 200 customers instead of 3, the result would be the same, just spread across several pages with the header repeated on each one.

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