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How Can I Convert EML Files to PDF?

There is no other file format as convenient as PDF for archiving and sharing EML email files.   It seems like a simple thing to do, but in practice you may discover that converting .Eml to .Pdf can be anything but convenient.  It’s easy to forget how complex email documents like .eml files can be.

Eml files can be formatted in text or HTML.  They may have different kinds of email file attachments.  In fact, Eml files can be attached to other .eml files — how do you handle emails inside of emails?

If you are converting many .eml files to .pdf, you want to give the files a special name.  Or, perhaps you need to combine multiple .eml files into one .pdf file.

If your project calls for converting more than a few .eml files to .pdf, you will want to try EmlVeiwer Pro (also known as PstViewer Pro), a Windows software tool that is specifically designed to convert email from .Eml files and other formats to .PDF, and able to accommodate the many different situations and preferences that your project will encounter.

Converting .Eml to .Pdf with EmlViewer Pro software.

Here’s how to convert emails from .eml to .pdf with EmlViewer Pro. Download the 15 day free trial to follow along.

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  1. Start EmlViewer Pro and use the Explorer tree to select the location of your .eml files. EmlViewer Pro will read the emails into an organized mail list,
  2. Select the emails you want to convert to PDF in the maillist.
  3. From the “Export” tab choose the PDF export profile that you want to run.  If you want the file attachments to be part of the PDF document image, choose “PDF – attachments converted/included”
  4. Click “Export” to being the process.

EmlViewer Pro can convert most common email file attachments into the PDF image, including PDF files, image files, and Microsoft Office documents if Office is installed on the computer.

Besides .Eml files, EmlViewer Pro can also convert .msg, .pst, .ost and .mht formatted emails to PDF.

Do you have any questions about converting .eml emails to PDF? Post them in the comments and we’ll be glad to answer them. You can also use live chat to ask us right now, or call us at 1-651-815-4902.

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How to Convert .EML Files to PDF

EML Viewer Pro is an file viewer for managing email messages stored as .eml files (RFC-822 format). It also opens Outlook .pst and .msg files. One of EML Viewer’s useful features is it’s ability to convert .eml files into .PDF files.  This short tutorial covers the process, step by step, of how to convert email to .PDF using EML Viewer Pro.

The first step is to acquire a free trial of EML Viewer Pro (which is also marketed as Pst Viewer Pro) and then start the application.

Next, using the folder tree on the left of the main software screen, find the folder where your .eml files are located. Once you select this folder, EML Viewer Pro will read in all of your .eml files and present them in the mail list.

Search your files to locate just the .eml files that you need. Here’s an article we wrote earlier that explains how to use EML Viewer Pro’s email search function.

When the email messages that you want to convert to .PDF files are displayed in the mail list, click on one of the messages,  then type CONTROL-A on your computer to select ALL messages. Now, all email messages you want to export to .pdf will all be highlighted in blue.

Select emails to convert to .pdf from the .eml mail list.
Selected email messages are highlighted in EML Viewer Pro’s Mail List window.

Now that the messages are selected, locate the Export Icon in the main toolbar and click on it.

Location of the Email Export button.
Email Export icon in the main toolbar

Clicking on the Email Export Icon will open the Export Manager screen.

Using the drop down box in the Export Manager, select the appropriate export profile. For our purposes, we will choose “PDF-attachments converted/included.”

Location of the "PDF Attachments - converted" email export profile.
Email Export Manager. Select the Export Profile you want.
The “PDF – Attachments converted/included” export profile will attempt to convert the email files as part of the .PDF image. If EML Viewer Pro is not able to convert any email file attachments to PDF, then the file attachment will be embedded as a separate file within the PDF. Click “START” to begin the process.

 

File tree selection of export folder.
Select a folder where EML Viewer Pro will copy PDF files it creates.

EML Viewer Pro will ask you where you want it to place the PDF files it is creating.   Just select a target folder and click OK, and the export operation will proceed.

When the operation is finished,  the .pdf files will be in the target folder you selected earlier. Below is an image of a .pdf file that EML Viewer Pro created, as it is displayed in Adobe PDF Reader. The top of the PDF file includes the From, Sent, Date, To  and Subject fields from the .eml file, followed by the email body in either HTML or Text format.

A PDF file containing the output of the converted .eml html email messages.
A .PDF file created from a html-formatted .EML file by EML Viewer Pro

In our next article, we will look at configuring EML Viewer Pro’s PDF Export profile so that you can have more control over the formatting  of the PDF’s that it creates. For example, you may want to export to European standard page formats. Until then, download and enjoy your free trial of EMLViewer Pro.

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