GEEDITOR / JSON → PDF
About this conversion · JSON → PDF
Move table values from JSON into PDF for further work in another tool. Treat the result as a data transfer, not a workbook backup: formatting, charts and calculation logic need separate attention.
Use an array of objects or an array of row arrays. Object keys become columns; missing values become empty cells. Nested objects and arrays become JSON text inside a cell, not extra columns. Normalize a deeply nested structure before importing it as a flat table.
When text contains characters unsupported by the built-in PDF font, the engine can render image pages instead of searchable text. Check selection and copying in the result.
Worked example
Input
[
{
"id": "0012",
"name": "A, B",
"meta": {
"size": "M"
}
},
{
"id": "0013",
"name": "C"
}
]Output
id name meta
0012 A, B "{""size"":""M""}"
0013 C How to convert
- Click “Choose files” and select the original JSON file. Start with one file when comparing settings.
- Check that the output selector shows PDF. The instructions here describe this choice; changing the output can change which settings apply.
- Click “Convert files”, then save the result from its file row. “Download all” puts completed files into a ZIP; it does not combine their contents.
- Open the PDF result and compare row counts, headers, empty cells, dates and identifiers with the JSON source. Preserve codes such as 00123 as text in the receiving application; do not assume its automatic type detection is correct.