Why use SnapFetch
- Preserves fonts, images, and layout from the original document
- No account needed, and the file is gone from our servers within the hour
- No need to open LibreOffice or OpenOffice yourself
How it works
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Choose or drag in an .odt file
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We convert it to PDF, keeping the original layout
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Download your PDF
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Files are deleted from our servers after 1 hour
When to use ODT to PDF
ODT is what LibreOffice Writer, OpenOffice and many government or academic systems save by default. Since conversion runs through LibreOffice itself, ODT is the highest-fidelity input this site handles - what you see in Writer is what lands in the PDF. Use it whenever you need to send an ODT to someone who does not have LibreOffice.
Specifications & limits
- Accepted input
- OpenDocument Text (.odt)
- Conversion engine
- LibreOffice, the format's native application
- Preserved
- Styles, images, tables, headers and footers, page breaks
- Maximum file size
- 20 MB per upload
- Account required
- No - no signup, no email, no watermark
- File retention
- Deleted from our servers 1 hour after upload
Troubleshooting
A form field or macro did not carry over
PDF export flattens interactive fields and does not run macros. Fill the form before converting.
Fonts look slightly different
Fonts not installed server-side are substituted with the closest match.
The upload is rejected before anything happens
The file is over the 20 MB cap. Compress it first, or split a long PDF into smaller files and process them separately.
References
The published specification for the formats involved, and the open-source software that actually performs this conversion.
- LibreOffice
The office suite that performs our Office and OpenDocument conversions.
- OpenDocument Format specification (OASIS)
The published standard behind .odt, .ods and .odp files.
Frequently asked questions
It is the most faithful conversion on the site. LibreOffice is ODT's native application, so what you see in Writer is what lands in the PDF.