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Excel to PDF for researchers
Updated July 2026
Arthize lets researchers and academics convert Excel to PDF in a private workspace — free, with no watermark. Converting Excel to PDF fixes the layout of a spreadsheet — columns, page breaks and print areas — into a shareable document.
Why researchers convert Excel to PDF
A researcher merges a paper with its appendices, extracts a results table into Excel for re-analysis, and compresses the figure-heavy submission under a journal's upload limit — privately.
Built for papers. Whether it's papers, datasets, appendices, Arthize's excel to pdf keeps the work inside your private workspace. Unpublished work and grant applications are confidential; a private workspace keeps them out of public tools.
What matters when you convert Excel to PDF
Converting to PDF locks the spreadsheet's print layout.
Recipients can read it without Excel installed.
Print areas and page breaks are respected in the output.
How to convert Excel to PDF
- 1
Open the convert tool
Sign in, open Convert and choose PDF.
- 2
Add your Excel file
Upload your .xls or .xlsx.
- 3
Convert
Arthize renders the sheet with its print layout.
- 4
Download
Get a PDF of the spreadsheet.
Common questions
- How do researchers convert Excel to PDF for free?
- Converting Excel to PDF fixes the layout of a spreadsheet — columns, page breaks and print areas — into a shareable document. On Arthize it's free with no watermark, and the file is deleted after the job — which is why researchers and academics can use it for papers without a confidentiality risk.
- Is it private to convert Excel to PDF sensitive papers?
- Yes. Unpublished work and grant applications are confidential; a private workspace keeps them out of public tools. Files are processed inside your private Arthize workspace and deleted after the job.
- How do I convert Excel to PDF?
- Converting Excel to PDF fixes the layout of a spreadsheet — columns, page breaks and print areas — into a shareable document. On Arthize it's free with no watermark and processed privately.
- Will my spreadsheet columns stay aligned in the PDF?
- Converting Excel to PDF fixes the layout of a spreadsheet — columns, page breaks and print areas — into a shareable document. On Arthize it's free with no watermark and processed privately.
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