Key features
✓Convert entire folders in a single batch with one click
✓Preserve the original layout, fonts, images, and tables
✓Fully offline — your files never leave your PC
✓Standalone — no Adobe Acrobat or Reader required
✓Encrypt or decrypt password-protected PDF files
✓Command-line mode for automation, scripts, and scheduled tasks
✓One-time license with free lifetime updates
Advanced capabilities
- ✓It supports MS Excel 2003 and later format document (*.XLS, *.XLSX, *.XLSM), Convert Excel to PDF document with preserving the original table, text, charts and layout etc.
- ✓Custom PDF properties like title, author, subject and keywords.
- ✓Set password to protect created PDF.
- ✓Wildcard characters like *.xls or aa*.xls are supported.
- ✓Option to convert Excel to multipage PDF.
- ✓Load source file paths from a text file.
- ✓Specify a source folder.
- ✓Load files from subfolders.
- ✓Save output files to the same folder as the source.
- ✓Rename the output file if it already exists, or overwrite it.
- ✓Easy to install/configure and performs very brilliantly without any additional package such that Adobe Acrobat.
- ✓Convert number of Excel documents to professional quality PDF documents.
- ✓Standalone and completely comfy application with all common Windows OS.
Command-line usage
Okdo Excel to PDF Converter Command Line runs from a DOS command prompt. Change to the installation folder, then invoke the executable using the syntax below.
converter.exe [options] <source file> <target file>
Options
<source file> There are 3 ways to specify the source files to be converted
1. -file=<source file>.
Supports wildcard character like * and ?
* Matches 0 or more characters in document name
? Matches any single character in document name
Source file must contain full type extension
MS Excel(*.xls, *.xlsx, *.xlsm, )
-file=c:\1.xls
-file=c:\*.xls
-file=c:\document*.xls
-file=c:\document???.xls
2. -list=<file list>.
<File list> is a text file which contains file
names to be converted. One file name per line. eg:
-list=c:\list.txt
3. -sourcefolder=<folder name>.
Convert all files in the specified folder. eg:
-sourcefolder=c:\tempfolder
If you need to load files from sub-folders,
please use the following argument:
-recurse-subfolders
<target file> There are 3 ways to specify target output format
1. -dest=<target file path + file name + file extension>
eg: -dest=c:\out.pdf
2. -dest=<target file path + file extension>
For batch convert an entire folder or convert a list
eg: -dest=c:\*.pdf
3. -format=<target file format>
-targetfolder=<output folder>
For batch convert an entire folder or convert a list
eg: -format=pdf -targetfolder=c:\output
Global Options:
-create-subfolder Create subfolder within target folder
The subfolder will be named using the file name
-same-as-source-folder Save output files in the same folder as source
-same-as-source-name Specify output file name as source file
-overwrite Overwrite existing output file
PDF Information:
-subject=<string> Set subject of PDF
-title=<string> Set title of PDF
-author=<string> Set author of PDF
-keywords=<string> Set keywords of PDF
PDF Permission:
-openpwd=<string> Set open password of PDF
-ownerpwd=<string> Set owner password of PDF
-printing Enable top quality printing
-degraded-printing Enable lower quality printing
-modify-contents Enable modify contents also allow documentassembly
-document-assembly Enable assemble contents
-modify-annotations Enable modify annotations also allow fillin
-fill-in Enable fill in form
-content-copying Enable copy contents, also allow screenreader
-screen-reader Enable read contents with screenreaders
MS Excel to PDF Parameters:
-merge-worksheet Merge all worksheets from each workbook into one PDF
-pdf-page-width=<value> Set PDF page width. Default unit millimeter
-pdf-page-height=<value> Set PDF page width. Default unit millimeter
-landscape Set PDF orientation to Landscape. default Portrait
-grayscale PDF will be generated in grayscale
-dis-external-links Do not make links to remote web pages
-dis-forms Do not turn HTML form fields into pdf form fields
-dis-internal-links Do not make local links
-dis-javascript Do not allow web pages to run javascript
-no-images Do not load or print images
-print-mediatype Use print media-type instead of screen
-zoom=<value> Use this zoom factor (default 1)
-open Open output folder after conversion
-? Print usage information
-help Print usage information
-more Open the product detail page.
Example
converter.exe -file=c:\in.xls -dest=c:\out.pdf
converter.exe -file=c:\*.xls -format=pdf -targetfolder=c:\output
converter.exe -file=c:\in*.xls -format=pdf -targetfolder=c:\output
converter.exe -file=c:\in??.xls -format=pdf -targetfolder=c:\output
converter.exe -list=c:\filelist.txt -format=pdf -targetfolder=c:\output
converter.exe -sourcefolder=c:\temp -dest=c:\output\*.pdf
converter.exe -sourcefolder=c:\temp -format=pdf -targetfolder=c:\output
converter.exe -file=c:\in.xls -dest=c:\out.pdf -overwrite
converter.exe -file=c:\in.xls -dest=c:\out.pdf -create-subfolder
converter.exe -file=c:\in.xls -dest=c:\out.pdf -ownerpwd=owner -merge-worksheet -fillin -author="okdo soft"
Why convert with Okdo
Batch convert hundreds of files at onceNo Adobe Acrobat requiredOffline — files never uploaded to the cloudOne-time license, free updates30-day money-back guarantee