EML to PDF: How to Merge .EML Files into One PDF Document?

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Eml files are individual email files that have been saved outside of an email client. Thunderbird is a popular client that saves emails as .eml files. For a variety of reasons, it is sometimes convenient to convert .eml files to different formats, such as PDF.

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PDF is well suited for Email storage if you use the correct software.

When converting eml to pdf, consider how you want to structure your project. Questions you should answer before starting:

How many .Eml files are you working with?
If you have thousands of .eml files, then you will need software that can automate the export.

Do you need to convert .eml files to a single PDF or to individual PDF files?
Sometimes its more convenient to combine the .eml files into a single large PDF file.

How should file attachments be handled?
When converting email to PDF, file attachments are too often an afterthought, when they should be the main focus of the project. Consider whether the file attachments should be placed inside the PDF file as separate files that can be later extracted, or whether they should be combined into the PDF document image, or simply ignored.

EML Viewer Pro

EmlViewer Pro (also known as PstViewer Pro) by Encryptomatic LLC is an email viewer that can accommodate any of the above scenarios.  It is well suited to eml-to-pdf conversion.

Screen shot of .eml viewer pro software with emails in the maillist.
Eml Viewer Pro email viewer can convert multiple .eml files to a single .pdf document.

How to convert EML to PDF with EmlViewer Pro.

First, download and install the free trial of EmlViewer Pro*.

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Download .Eml Viewer by Encryptomatic LLC.

Second, start the software and choose the folder containing your .EML files.

Third, select the emails in the mail list that you want to convert to PDF.

Fourth, on the Export tab, select the PDF export format that you desire. To convert multiple .eml files to one PDF, select one of the “Single PDF” export profiles.

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Select a Single PDF export option for the EML file conversion.

Finally, click the Export button to begin the process.  EmlViewer Pro will continue process .eml files and placing them into the single PDF file until the operation is complete.

To get you started, watch this short video about converting Eml to PDF documents.

If you have any questions, post them below! Thanks for reading.

*Note: EmlViewer Pro is also known as PstViewer Pro. Both products are developed by Encryptomatic LLC. Although once separate, they have been combined into a single product.

EML to PDF Conversion: How to Export Multiple .EML Files to a Single PDF Document

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EML Viewer Pro is a viewer/reader for managing email messages formatted as .eml files.  .EML files are created by Outlook Express, Windows Mail, Thunderbird and other email browsing software.

An .eml file is a self-contained document that holds all the email content, including file attachments.

While most email clients can open .eml files individually, EML Viewer Pro can read a directory and sub-directories filled with thousands of  .eml files, allowing you to browse and search messages, access file attachments, reply and forward to .eml files using your email client, and even export .eml files to PDF and other popular formats.

The PDF format is a very popular format for storing and archiving email messages.  EML Viewer Pro provides exceptional support for EML to PDF conversion. In the latest release of EML Viewer Pro (also known as Pst Viewer Pro), the PDF export functions have been brought forward to the main tool bar to save on clicks.

EML Viewer Pro gives you several options while exporting .eml files to .pdf .

1. You can export the email message to an individual pdf file while extracting the file attachment to a folder on your hard drive.

2. You can export the .eml file to pdf while converting most document file attachments into the PDF image.

3. You can export EML to PDF with file attachments embedded. This means that a file, such as an Excel spreadsheet, remains inside the PDF as a separate file that can be extracted from the PDF and edited later.

A new feature in EML Viewer Pro is the “Add to PDF file” button. It allows you to save one or more selected eml files to an existing PDF file.  This feature was added after a customer explained that she needed to create a PDF file for a court hearing  that required her to assemble all emails into a single PDF.   With the “Add to PDF file” function, she can now export emails individually to a single PDF file, without the need to use special software to combine individual .pdfs.

Here’s how to use “Add to PDF file”:

First, select the emails you want to export in EML Viewer Pro’s mail list.
Second, click the “Add to PDF file” button on the main tool bar.

Location of the "Add to PDF File" button in EmlViewer Pro email viewer software.
The Add To PDF Button in EML Viewer Pro. Add .EML Files to a .PDF file

Next, select the target PDF file.

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Select the PDF file to add the converted .EML files

That’s all there is to it.  EML Viewer Pro simplifies the process of converting .eml files into .pdf.

Another nice feature of EML Viewer Pro is the control it gives you over the file names. For example, if you are mass exporting thousands of .eml files to individual .pdf files, you can specify how those files are named. You may want to name the files after the sender or the recipient. Or you perhaps you want to give a series number to the resulting .pdf files, such as “CASE 123 – xxxx” where “xxxx” are incremented numbers. You can also increment letters.

There’s so much more that EML Viewer Pro can do. To learn more, download a free trial of EML Viewer Pro.