Free online OFT to PDF converter

An Outlook template may need to be sent to someone without Outlook, printed, or stored as a fixed-layout record. Converting it to PDF preserves the message as a document that common computers, phones, and document systems can open.

What the OFT format is

OFT is the Microsoft Outlook Template format. Outlook uses it for reusable email messages containing a subject, formatted body text, images, signatures, recipient fields, and sometimes attachments or other message properties.

Outlook creates an OFT file when you select File → Save As and choose Outlook Template (*.oft). Opening the file in Outlook creates a new unsent message from the template; OFT is not intended as a universal document format.

What the PDF format is

PDF is a page-oriented document format that stores text placement, fonts, images, and visual formatting for consistent viewing and printing. It is useful for sharing, archiving, submitting, and printing a message without requiring Microsoft Outlook.

A PDF contains the message as rendered content, not as an active Outlook template. It does not retain the ability to create a new message, recipient-field behavior, template actions, tracking features, or other Outlook-specific functions.

How to convert an OFT file to PDF in Outlook

1. Open the OFT file with the desktop version of Microsoft Outlook for Windows. Outlook normally opens it as a new unsent message.
2. Check the subject, message body, images, hyperlinks, signature, recipient fields, and any content that should appear in the document. Replace unresolved placeholders or dynamic fields with fixed text when necessary.
3. Select File → Print.
4. Choose Microsoft Print to PDF as the printer.
5. Set the paper size, orientation, color mode, and page range, then select Print.
6. Choose a destination, enter a filename ending in .pdf, and save the file.

The print-to-PDF method is generally more dependable than looking for a direct PDF export command, because Outlook desktop versions do not all provide the same export options. If your Outlook edition offers a PDF command, follow its displayed export workflow instead.

Using 101convert.com

You can convert an OFT file on 101convert.com for free without installing software. Select OFT as the input format and PDF as the output format, upload the file, start the conversion, and download the result. Do not upload templates containing confidential addresses, personal data, or business information unless the service’s storage and handling terms are acceptable.

Quality and compatibility limits

The PDF reflects how Outlook or the converter renders the message. Unresolved mail-merge fields, dynamic content, interactive controls, tracking elements, and template actions may be omitted or appear as ordinary text.

Printing normally does not preserve attachments as separately usable PDF attachments. Save important attachments separately, or place their relevant content in the message before conversion.

Open the saved PDF and check page breaks, fonts, signatures, images, hyperlinks, margins, and right-to-left or non-Latin text. The appearance can change if a font is unavailable, an image is linked rather than embedded, or the original template relies on Outlook-specific formatting.