PDF to ODG Converter: Open a PDF in LibreOffice Draw

To convert PDF to ODG, add your PDF and click Convert. Our server opens the file with the LibreOffice Draw PDF importer and saves it as an OpenDocument Graphics (.odg) file, where each PDF page is a Draw page and the text boxes, lines, shapes and pictures are separate objects you can move, edit or delete. The upload and the result are deleted right after the conversion.

How to convert a PDF to ODG

1. Add one or more PDF files (up to 100 MB each).
2. Click Convert.
3. Download the .odg file; several files arrive together as a ZIP.
4. Open it in LibreOffice Draw or Apache OpenOffice Draw (both free) and edit.

What you get in the ODG file

In the PDF	In LibreOffice Draw
Pages	One Draw page per PDF page, same size
Text	Editable text boxes, usually one per line
Lines, curves, filled shapes	Vector shapes with their colors
Photos and logos	Image objects you can move, resize or replace
Scanned pages	One picture per page, no editable text

When PDF to ODG is the right choice

ODG keeps the page exactly as it looks, which is what you want for posters, flyers, certificates, forms, floor plans, diagrams and one page layouts. You can fix a date, swap a logo, change a color or move a block without a paid PDF editor. For long reports where text should flow from page to page, PDF to Word gives a better result, because Word rebuilds paragraphs while Draw keeps every line in its own box.

Tips for a clean result

• Fonts that are not installed on your computer are replaced in Draw. Install the same font, or pick a similar one, before you edit text.
• Group related objects (select them and press Ctrl+Shift+G) so they move together.
• Scanned PDFs contain only pictures. Run PDF OCR first if you need text you can select.
• To save your edited drawing as a PDF again, use File, Export as PDF in LibreOffice Draw.

PDF to OpenOffice and LibreOffice for free

LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice can import a PDF themselves, but conversion here works on any device, including phones and computers where LibreOffice is not installed, and gives you a ready .odg file to share with colleagues who use OpenDocument formats. ODG is an ISO standard (ISO/IEC 26300), so the file is not tied to one vendor, and it also opens in Collabora Online and other OpenDocument apps.

PDF to ODG without a converter: open the PDF in LibreOffice Draw

If LibreOffice is installed, you can do the same conversion on your own computer: open LibreOffice Draw, choose File, Open, select the PDF, edit it, then File, Save As and pick ODF Drawing (.odg). This converter uses the same LibreOffice import on our server, so the result is the same. It is useful when you are on a phone, a Chromebook or a work computer where you cannot install software.

ODG, ODT or DOCX: which format should you pick?

Goal	Best format
Move, resize and recolor elements of a page layout, flyer or diagram	ODG (this tool)
Edit long running text in Microsoft Word or LibreOffice Writer	PDF to Word
Edit slides in Impress or PowerPoint	PDF to PowerPoint

Privacy

The conversion runs on our server because it needs LibreOffice. Files travel over HTTPS, are processed in a temporary folder and are deleted as soon as the job ends. No account, no watermark. Related tools: PDF to Word, PDF OCR, Edit PDF.