{"id":2420,"date":"2023-05-04T14:43:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T14:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/?p=2420"},"modified":"2025-07-30T22:10:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T22:10:52","slug":"how-to-convert-text-to-pdf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/how-to-convert-pdfs\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Convert Text to PDF"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Convert TXT to PDF Online<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Open any piece of software in your file explorer and you\u2019ll likely come across a file with the TXT extension. It\u2019s one of the most common file types that developers use. But why? What is a TXT? Can you convert a text file to PDF?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A TXT file is called a plain text file. It\u2019s usually opened in Notepad software like Microsoft Notepad, Notepad++, or Apple TextEdit. These pieces of software are free, so you can open a TXT on any device. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"screenshot<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If you open a TXT in one of these programs, you\u2019ll see information displayed without any formatting settings like italics, bolding, or fonts. It will display information line-by-line in plain text. Ergo, the name \u201cplain text file.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

TXT files don\u2019t have large file sizes and will sometimes contain instructions or information about a piece of software that it\u2019s packaged in with. TXT files are not only easy for you to read, but they\u2019re also easy for computers to read. Sometimes a .txt may contain configuration settings for a piece of software. Changing parameters within the .txt will then change how the software operates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a better idea of what a .txt file is and where you can find them, we can now address the question of how to convert it into a PDF. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Text to PDF Converter Using Notepad (Windows)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you want your TXT file converted to a PDF without any formatting settings, you can do this in most free Notepad programs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  1. Open your .txt file in Notepad and select File<\/strong> and Print<\/strong>. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
      \n
    1. Select Microsoft Print to PDF<\/strong> and adjust your page settings as necessary.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
      \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
        \n
      1. Click Print. <\/strong>You can then choose where you\u2019d like your converted PDF to be located on your PC. As you can see, the resulting PDF has no formatting settings beyond pages. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
        \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

        TXT to PDF with Document Editors (Offline)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

        Quick hack: Depending on your operating system and version, you may be able to simply convert a TXT file to a DOC by changing the file extension<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        TXT files are \u201clegible\u201d to most document editing applications. Meaning you can use most document editing software to open and edit a plain text document offline. For example, we\u2019ve uploaded into Google Docs this software license that was stored as a .txt file. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

        As you can see, Google Docs can display the information within the file as well as convert it into a Google Doc. If you convert your .txt to a Google Doc or .doc\/.docx file (Microsoft Word format), the software you use will add<\/em> formatting settings like pages, margins, and paragraphs. It will look significantly different from the original .txt file. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

        \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

        From there, you can follow our Google Doc to PDF guide online<\/a> to convert the .doc file into a PDF. Essentially, you\u2019ll save the Google Doc as a separate PDF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

        You\u2019d be surprised how many different ways you can open TXT files. Try opening it with a document editor of your choice to see how the formatting settings may change. Again, if you\u2019re unhappy with the result, you can always create the PDF directly with Notepad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        What is a .txt file and how do you convert it to other file formats, like a PDF? Read on … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[3,21],"class_list":["post-2420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to-convert-pdfs","tag-convert-to-pdf","tag-how-tos","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTxt to PDF: How to Convert Text File to PDF<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is a .txt file and how do you convert it to other file formats, like a PDF? Read on ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/how-to-convert-pdfs\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Txt to PDF: How to Convert Text File to PDF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What is a .txt file and how do you convert it to other file formats, like a PDF? Read on ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/how-to-convert-pdfs\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"pdf.live\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-04T14:43:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-30T22:10:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pdflive-header1-scaled-e1690483046648.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"760\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/how-to-convert-pdfs\\\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/how-to-convert-pdfs\\\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/803a4fb920563484c80ef71256d38d5e\"},\"headline\":\"How to Convert Text to PDF\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-04T14:43:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-30T22:10:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/how-to-convert-pdfs\\\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":546,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/how-to-convert-pdfs\\\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/pdflive-header1-scaled-e1690483046648.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Convert to PDF\",\"how tos\"],\"articleSection\":[\"How to Convert PDFs\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/how-to-convert-pdfs\\\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/how-to-convert-pdfs\\\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\\\/\",\"name\":\"Txt to PDF: How to Convert Text File to PDF\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/how-to-convert-pdfs\\\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/how-to-convert-pdfs\\\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/pdflive-header1-scaled-e1690483046648.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-04T14:43:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-30T22:10:52+00:00\",\"description\":\"What is a .txt file and how do you convert it to other file formats, like a PDF? Read on ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/how-to-convert-pdfs\\\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/how-to-convert-pdfs\\\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/how-to-convert-pdfs\\\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/pdflive-header1-scaled-e1690483046648.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/pdflive-header1-scaled-e1690483046648.jpg\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":760},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/how-to-convert-pdfs\\\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Resources\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How to Convert PDFs\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/how-to-convert-pdfs\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"How to Convert Text to PDF\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/\",\"name\":\"PDF.Live\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"PDF.Live\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/pdflivelogo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/pdflivelogo.png\",\"width\":696,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"PDF.Live\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/803a4fb920563484c80ef71256d38d5e\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d117a53ccc5e6ba83f09dfdd7116b26fefc44f6f2803440b5153739c7f0bd6bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d117a53ccc5e6ba83f09dfdd7116b26fefc44f6f2803440b5153739c7f0bd6bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d117a53ccc5e6ba83f09dfdd7116b26fefc44f6f2803440b5153739c7f0bd6bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/stagingwp.pdf.live\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Txt to PDF: How to Convert Text File to PDF","description":"What is a .txt file and how do you convert it to other file formats, like a PDF? Read on ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/how-to-convert-pdfs\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Txt to PDF: How to Convert Text File to PDF","og_description":"What is a .txt file and how do you convert it to other file formats, like a PDF? Read on ...","og_url":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/how-to-convert-pdfs\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\/","og_site_name":"pdf.live","article_published_time":"2023-05-04T14:43:33+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-30T22:10:52+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":760,"url":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pdflive-header1-scaled-e1690483046648.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/how-to-convert-pdfs\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/how-to-convert-pdfs\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/#\/schema\/person\/803a4fb920563484c80ef71256d38d5e"},"headline":"How to Convert Text to PDF","datePublished":"2023-05-04T14:43:33+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-30T22:10:52+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/how-to-convert-pdfs\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\/"},"wordCount":546,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/how-to-convert-pdfs\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pdflive-header1-scaled-e1690483046648.jpg","keywords":["Convert to PDF","how tos"],"articleSection":["How to Convert PDFs"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/how-to-convert-pdfs\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\/","url":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/how-to-convert-pdfs\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\/","name":"Txt to PDF: How to Convert Text File to PDF","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/how-to-convert-pdfs\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/how-to-convert-pdfs\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pdflive-header1-scaled-e1690483046648.jpg","datePublished":"2023-05-04T14:43:33+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-30T22:10:52+00:00","description":"What is a .txt file and how do you convert it to other file formats, like a PDF? Read on ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/how-to-convert-pdfs\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/how-to-convert-pdfs\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/how-to-convert-pdfs\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pdflive-header1-scaled-e1690483046648.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pdflive-header1-scaled-e1690483046648.jpg","width":2000,"height":760},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/how-to-convert-pdfs\/how-to-convert-text-to-pdf\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Resources","item":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How to Convert PDFs","item":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/how-to-convert-pdfs\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"How to Convert Text to PDF"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/","name":"PDF.Live","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/#organization","name":"PDF.Live","url":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pdflivelogo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pdflivelogo.png","width":696,"height":696,"caption":"PDF.Live"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/#\/schema\/person\/803a4fb920563484c80ef71256d38d5e","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d117a53ccc5e6ba83f09dfdd7116b26fefc44f6f2803440b5153739c7f0bd6bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d117a53ccc5e6ba83f09dfdd7116b26fefc44f6f2803440b5153739c7f0bd6bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d117a53ccc5e6ba83f09dfdd7116b26fefc44f6f2803440b5153739c7f0bd6bf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/stagingwp.pdf.live"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2420"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4125,"href":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2420\/revisions\/4125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}