Chinese documents are more than a string of characters. A Word file carries styles and headings. A spreadsheet keeps formulas in place. A PDF may embed fonts. When you convert Simplified Chinese to Traditional Chinese, or the other way around, the goal is to change the writing system without wrecking the file.
These guides explain how document conversion works, which problems are common, and how ChineseDocConverter's document tool approaches Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF and plain text.
Conversion is not translation. 国 becomes 國, but the meaning of the sentence does not get rewritten for a new audience. If you need that distinction spelled out, see Chinese character conversion vs translation.
What you can convert
- Microsoft Word (DOCX)
- Excel (XLSX)
- PowerPoint (PPTX)
- Plain text (TXT)
The converter uses OpenCC conversion types such as Mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong standards. Read OpenCC conversion types explained before you choose an option.
Start with the format you have
If Chinese text looks like boxes or random symbols, the problem may be encoding or a missing font, not conversion. Start with garbled Chinese text and Chinese fonts and Unicode.