Document Converter Suite

Run best-effort extraction and rebuild workflows across common document formats. Preserve clean structure, not pixel-perfect layout.

Use This For

• Converting between pdf, docx, pptx, xlsx, txt, csv, md, and html
• Pulling tables or spreadsheet-style grids into editable outputs
• Running utility PDF operations such as merge, split, rotate, watermark, or page extraction
• Filling simple document or form-style templates

Workflow

1. Confirm the source format, target format, and whether editability or fidelity matters more.
2. Use scripts/convert.py for single documents and scripts/batch_convert.py for folders.
3. Use the bundled utility scripts when the user needs a focused PDF or table task:
   • scripts/pdf_toolkit.py
   • scripts/table_extractor.py
   • scripts/form_filler.py
4. Say explicitly when the output is best-effort and likely to lose layout, images, OCR text, or advanced formatting.

Guardrails

• Do not promise visual fidelity.
• Treat scanned PDFs as OCR problems, not conversion problems.
• Raise safety caps gradually on large sheets or documents instead of processing everything blindly.

References

• references/conversion_matrix.md for supported paths.
• references/limitations.md for failure modes and tradeoffs.