Best Settings for Okdo All to Pdf Converter Professional (2026 Update)
Recommended general workflow
- Add files or folders → choose output folder → pick conversion mode → set advanced options → Convert.
Conversion mode
- Default way — best balance of editable text and layout for Office docs (DOCX/XLSX/PPTX). Use for most documents.
- Text way — use when you need selectable/searchable text only (smaller file, simpler layout).
- Image way — use for complex layouts, scanned pages, or when exact visual fidelity is required (produces larger files).
Page layout & size
- Auto page size: ON (lets Excel/PowerPoint adapt to PDF pages)
- Margins: 10–15 mm for print-ready output; 5–8 mm for screen/PDF embed.
- Scale/zoom: 100% default; increase only if page content is being clipped.
Image quality & compression
- When fidelity matters: set image quality to High (no compression).
- When file size matters: set to Medium and enable JPEG compression at quality 60–75%.
- DPI for images: 300 DPI for print, 150 DPI for screen delivery.
OCR & searchable PDFs
- Okdo’s converter outputs searchable PDFs in Default/Text modes when source contains text. For scanned images:
- Use Image way + external OCR (preferred) — Okdo’s built-in options are limited. Run OCR (e.g., Tesseract, Adobe) after conversion if you need accurate searchable text.
Fonts & embedding
- Embed fonts: ON for documents meant to be shared/printed to preserve layout.
- Subset fonts: ON if you want smaller files and only used glyphs embedded.
Security & metadata
- Passwords: Set user password for view restriction; owner password to restrict printing/editing.
- Permissions: Disable printing/editing if you need protection; allow copying/selecting if collaborating.
- Remove metadata: Manually clear Title/Author/Subject in advanced options before publishing.
File naming & output folder
- Save in same folder as source: ON for batch jobs where you want originals and PDFs together.
- Custom naming pattern: Use tokens (e.g., {filename}_{yyyyMMdd}) to avoid collisions.
Batch conversion tips
- Convert similar file types in one batch (e.g., all Word files) to reduce mode-switching and get consistent results.
- Use “Save List / Load List” for repeatable batches.
Performance & reliability
- CPU/threads: Run smaller parallel batches on multi-core machines; avoid converting thousands of large image/PDFs at once.
- Temporary files: Ensure output drive has free space equal to ~1.5× expected output size.
Troubleshooting common issues
- Broken layout from complex Word docs: switch to Image way or enable font embedding.
- Missing hyperlinks from HTML/URL conversions: use Default way and enable “extract links” option.
- Very large PDFs from Image way: lower DPI or enable stronger JPEG compression.
If you want, I can produce a one-page preset checklist for screen vs print vs archival (PDF/A) outputs.
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