Why send a PDF instead of a Word file
A Word file looks different depending on who opens it and with what. Fonts get swapped, tables spill onto the next page and an Arabic paragraph can flip direction on a phone. A PDF fixes the layout: every page looks exactly as you saw it, on any device, and nobody can change it by accident. That is why visa portals, government e-services, banks, universities and HR departments across the GCC ask for PDF uploads, and why a CV, an offer letter or a quotation sent as PDF looks more professional.
How the conversion works
We use LibreOffice, the open-source office suite used by governments and companies worldwide, running on our own server. It opens your document much as Word does and prints it to PDF. Text stays selectable and searchable, links keep working, and headers, footers, page numbers, tables and images are kept. Arabic, Urdu and other right-to-left text is supported. Common Microsoft fonts such as Calibri, Cambria, Arial and Times New Roman are matched by open fonts with identical letter widths, so lines and pages break in the same places as in Word.
Your document and the daily limit
Word files cannot be read reliably inside a browser, so this converter sends your document over an encrypted connection to our own LibreOffice server, not to an outside service. CVs, contracts and offer letters often carry personal details, so the file is processed in temporary memory, deleted as soon as the PDF comes back, and its name is never logged. Documents can be up to 20 MB, one at a time, and you get 20 successful conversions a day across our four Office conversion tools, reset at midnight UAE time (UTC+4). Unlock password-protected documents first. Macros never run, and failed conversions are not counted.
If the PDF does not look right
The most common cause is a font we do not have. A similar font is used instead, and lines can break in slightly different places. To avoid it, use standard fonts, or tick "Embed fonts in the file" under File, Options, Save in Word before uploading. Floating text boxes, SmartArt and old WordArt can also shift a little. Always open the PDF and check it before you submit it anywhere important.