Convert a PDF to LaTeX

Turn a PDF into an editable LaTeX project: the AI rebuilds the document, then compares it with the original page by page.

Handy to pick up a paper whose sources are lost, update an old report, or start from a document you received as a PDF.

Choose the PDF

On the prismatex.app home page, click Import a PDF, or drop your file on the button. The PDF can be up to 40 MB.

Sign in

If you aren't signed in, PrismaTex asks you to. The chosen file waits while you sign in.

Let the AI work

A project is created with your PDF and the editor opens. The assistant starts the conversion on its own and shows its steps:

1. reading the PDF layout;
2. extracting the images;
3. writing the LaTeX: text, headings, equations, tables, figures;
4. compiling the proposal;
5. comparing the source PDF with the result, page by page;
6. automatic repairs, then a final validation.

Review and keep

Compare the result with the original, then keep the proposal. See Reviewing AI changes.

What gets rebuilt

• the text, with its headings, lists and notes;
• equations, rewritten in LaTeX;
• tables, as tabular environments;
• images, extracted from the PDF and saved in the figures/ folder;
• the overall layout: columns, margins, background colors and page count.

For best results

• Prefer a PDF produced by a word processor or LaTeX over a scan: its text can be read directly.
• Check complex equations and tables first.
• A long document takes longer and uses more AI credits. The sign-up credit lets you try it on a short document.

Asking for adjustments

Once you have kept the conversion, ask the assistant for adjustments in Edit mode, for example: "Use the article class in two columns" or "Format the tables with booktabs".