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How to convert JPG to PDF on Windows

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To convert JPG to PDF on Windows, open JPG to PDF in your browser, drag the JPG files from File Explorer onto the page, put them in order, choose a page size and choose Create PDF. Each photo becomes one page of a new PDF, placed without re-compression, and your photos are not changed. Nothing needs to be installed, so it works on a work PC too.

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How to convert JPG to PDF on Windows with Deckle

  1. Open JPG to PDF in Microsoft Edge, Chrome or Firefox.
  2. Select the JPG or JPEG files in File Explorer and drag them onto the page, or choose Select files.
  3. Under Images to include, check the ticks and use the up and down arrows to set the page order.
  4. Press the rotate button on a photo that is on its side. Preview on a row shows the photo on its page.
  5. Under Page size, choose Fit inside A4 for a printable document, then pick Orientation and Margin in points. Match each image, the starting setting, keeps each page the size of its photo.
  6. Optional: set Output PDF name. Several photos become images.pdf if you leave it blank.
  7. Choose Create PDF and download the file.

The result screen confirms how many pages the PDF has, one per ticked photo.

Pick a page size

Setting Result Use it for
Match each image Each page is the size of its photo, one pixel to one point Viewing photos on screen
Fit inside A4 Every page is A4 (595 × 842 pt); large photos shrink to fit, small ones are centred Printing, forms, documents

Photos are never cropped or stretched. Margin in points gives None, Narrow (18 pt) or Standard (36 pt) on every side. Example: five photos of a signed contract, converted with Fit inside A4, Portrait and Narrow, give a five-page document that prints like the original.

Quality, size and location data

Deckle copies each JPEG of up to 16 megapixels into the PDF byte for byte. There is no quality loss, and the PDF is about the size of the photos combined. The camera's orientation tag is applied, so phone photos come out upright.

Because the JPEG is copied unchanged, any EXIF data in it, including GPS location, is copied too. Remove location from the photos first if you will share the PDF. A photo over 16 megapixels is scaled down to 16 megapixels and re-saved as a high-quality JPEG (quality 90), without its EXIF data; the review lists it before you convert. Only images above 64 megapixels are refused. For details on converting receipts and scans, see how to turn receipt photos into a PDF.

Photos from an iPhone

Photos copied from an iPhone to a PC can arrive as HEIC files, depending on the iPhone's transfer settings, and JPG to PDF does not accept them. Use HEIC to PDF for those; it decodes HEIC in the browser, so Windows does not need any extension installed. See how to convert HEIC to PDF on Windows.

Screenshots saved by Snipping Tool are usually PNG files. Use PNG to PDF, which keeps them lossless; see how to convert PNG to PDF on Windows.

Tips

  • Check the order before creating. The list follows the order the files were added, not the date taken, so move any photo that is out of place.
  • Rename photos first if order matters. Names such as 01.jpg, 02.jpg make it easy to see the right order in the list.
  • Combine with other PDFs afterwards. Merge the photo PDF with forms or letters in Merge PDFs.
  • Text in photos is not searchable. Each page holds a picture of the document.

Other ways to convert JPG to PDF on Windows

  • Convert on your phone. Deckle works in the phone's browser too. See how to convert photos to PDF on Android.
  • Word. If the photos belong in a document you are already writing in Word, insert them there and save the document as a PDF. Microsoft's page Save or convert to PDF or XPS in Office Desktop apps gives the steps: File > Save a Copy, then choose PDF in the file type list. The photos then follow the document's layout instead of filling one page each.

Frequently asked questions

How do I convert several JPGs into one PDF on Windows?

Drag them all into JPG to PDF, arrange them and choose Create PDF. Each photo becomes one page.

Does JPG to PDF reduce quality?

No. The JPEG data goes into the PDF unchanged. With Fit inside A4, large photos are drawn smaller, but all their pixels are there when you zoom in.

Are my photos uploaded?

No. The PDF is built in your browser and the photos stay on your PC.

Why was my photo refused?

It is over 64 megapixels or is not a JPEG. Photos between 16 and 64 megapixels are scaled down rather than refused. Check the format; HEIC and PNG files have their own tools.

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