From Office document to PDF and page images in Skavio File Toolbox
A proposal may need two versions: a PDF for the recipient and page images for a presentation or preview. Skavio File Toolbox supports both stages in one browser-accessible toolbox—Office to PDF, then PDF to PNG or JPG. Run them as two separate conversions, with a review checkpoint between them.
One document, two different handoffs
Consider an illustrative sales workflow: a team finishes a DOCX proposal, creates a PDF to send, then converts the PDF pages into images for a presentation. The PDF serves as the document; the images make individual pages available for visual reuse. The same approach can start with a supported spreadsheet or slide deck. Microsoft Office already supports native PDF export. File Toolbox’s benefit here is access to both conversion stages through the same web tool—not PDF creation alone. Its supported Office-to-PDF inputs include:
- Documents: DOC, DOCX, ODT and RTF.
- Spreadsheets: XLS, XLSX and ODS.
- Presentations: PPT, PPTX and ODP.
Make the PDF a review checkpoint
Treat the generated PDF as an intermediate deliverable worth checking—not merely a file to pass into the next conversion. Inspect fonts, page breaks, tables and charts before creating images. Pay particular attention to spreadsheets that span multiple pages and presentations with dense graphics. The sequence below follows the supported conversions; it does not assume automatic chaining or particular interface controls. Browser access is the entry point, while standard conversions run on Skavio infrastructure rather than solely on your device.
- Convert the supported Office source to PDF in Skavio File Toolbox.
- Download the PDF and inspect its layout and content.
- Use that PDF as the source for a separate PNG or JPG conversion.
- Download the image output. Multi-page image results are delivered as a ZIP archive; unpack it and check the pages before reuse.
Choose PNG for detail, JPG for photographic content
PNG stores raster images losslessly, making it a sensible starting point for text-heavy page previews, charts and high-contrast graphics. That describes the image format—not a guarantee that every converted page will render perfectly. JPG uses lossy compression and can be useful for photo-heavy pages or handoffs where file size matters. It may produce smaller files, but it is not universally smaller or equally sharp: inspect small text and fine lines in the result. Either output is a page image, not an editable Office document. Keep the original source for revisions and the reviewed PDF for document sharing.
Budget for each conversion stage
File Toolbox uses the shared Skavio company wallet. Under canonical Pricing V2, file work costs 2 credits multiplied by the larger of the started 25 MB units or started 10 PDF-page units per source, with a minimum of 2 credits. For example, an 18-page PDF under 25 MB has two started 10-page units, so its PDF-to-images stage costs 4 credits under that rule. The preceding Office-to-PDF conversion is priced separately. Check the quote for each stage; do not assume that the minimum charge covers the complete sequence. File Toolbox limits include 500 MB total source upload and a maximum of 100 PDF pages. Plan your source files around those limits, and review both outputs before sharing them.