Supported file formats for PDF conversion

Last updated on Aug 16, 2025

Find out which file formats you can convert to PDF using Adobe Acrobat.

Acrobat supports converting a wide range of file types, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images, HTML, and more into PDFs.

File formats supported for PDF conversion

File type

Extension

Requirements

Microsoft Office formats

.DOC, .DOCX, .XLS, .XLSX, .PPT, .PPTX

Requires the corresponding version of Microsoft Office installed

Text files

.TXT, .RTF 

None

PostScript files

.PS, .EPS, .PRN

None

Image files

.BMP, .JPEG, .GIF, .TIFF, .PNG, .PCX, .RLE, .DIB

Common image types supported

Web pages

.HTML

None

Corel WordPerfect

.WPD

Requires WordPerfect installed. Use Adobe PDF Printer on Windows

OpenOffice or StarOffice files

.ODT, .ODP, .ODS, .ODG, .ODF, .SXW, .SXI, .SXC, .SXD, .STW

Use Adobe PDF Printer if the apps can access the printer system

Adobe Photoshop

.PSD

Supported in Acrobat only

Adobe Illustrator

.AI

Supported in Acrobat only

Adobe InDesign

.INDD

Supported in Acrobat only

3D files

.U3D, .PRC

Disabled by default
Enable using a registry key

Autodesk AutoCAD

.DWG, .DWT, .DXF, .DWF, .DST

Requires AutoCAD 2018 or 2019 installed

XML paper specification

.XPS

Disabled by default
Enable using a registry key

Microsoft Project

.MPP

Requires MS Project installed

Microsoft Visio

.VSD

Requires MS Visio installed