Convert PDF to ZUGFeRD – Create e-invoices with AI support – test first, then request access

📥 Test the tool in trial mode – 7-PDF Attach Extract and Remove

🔄 Convert PDF to ZUGFeRD – controlled and review-required

Do you want to convert a suitable, machine-readable PDF invoice into a PDF/ZUGFeRD e-invoice with embedded XML? The 7-PDF Attach Extract and Remove Tool provides a specialized function for this purpose in the tab "PDF invoice to PDF ZUGFeRD".

✅ PDF/ZUGFeRD processing – options at a glance

• 🔁 AI-assisted and manually reviewed: Use the 7-PDF Invoice Extractor to detect suitable invoice data with AI assistance and generate a review-required ZUGFeRD XML file from it – only after prior testing.
• 📎 Manually via XML attachment: Add existing ZUGFeRD XML files to your PDF invoices using the classic attachment function, provided that the XML has already been created correctly and matches the PDF invoice.
• 🧪 Optional validation: Additionally check the generated file with the 7-PDF E-Invoice Validator.
• ✔ Complete the trial first: Test with your own representative invoices first to see whether your PDF documents are suitable for processing.
• 📤 Manage attachments: Extract, review or delete embedded XML files from existing PDF/ZUGFeRD invoices selectively.

🖨️ Prepare invoices using a controlled PDF print workflow

For suitable source documents, a controlled PDF print workflow can also be used, for example from ERP systems, Excel, Word, LibreOffice or other applications. The key requirement is that the generated PDF invoice is machine-readable and suitable in terms of content for AI-assisted processing. The generated ZUGFeRD data must be checked manually afterwards.

👉 Guide to PDF invoice creation via controlled print workflow

⚡ PDF/ZUGFeRD processing via CLI

For technically controlled workflows, the following command-line functions are available, among others. Manual review is also required when using the CLI.

    PDFAttachExtractAndRemoveFiles.exe -mode "console" -usage "generate" -inpdf "invoice.pdf" -apiToken ""

💡 Result: A suitable PDF invoice can be converted with AI assistance into a review-required PDF/ZUGFeRD e-invoice with embedded XML. The generated XML must then be checked formally and in terms of content.

    PDFAttachExtractAndRemoveFiles.exe -mode "console" -usage "attach" -inpdf "invoice.pdf" -infile "factur-x.xml" -estandard "ZF21"

💡 Result: An existing XML file can be embedded into the PDF. This requires that the XML file has previously been created correctly and matches the PDF invoice.

🎯 Conclusion

Whether using an existing XML file or AI-assisted conversion – with the 7-PDF Attach Extract and Remove Tool, suitable PDF invoices can be converted in a controlled way into review-required PDF/ZUGFeRD e-invoices. The solution is intended for manual, controlled invoice runs and does not replace invoicing, accounting or ERP software with native e-invoice generation.

🌐 Alternative: ZUGFeRD Online Portal

Alternative use: Suitable PDF invoices can also be processed in the online portal. Use our ZUGFeRD Online Portal at https://konverter.zugferd-rechnungen.de/en/

• 📄 Save your Excel or Word invoice as PDF
• 🔼 Upload PDF – convert with AI support into a review-required PDF/ZUGFeRD e-invoice
• 💾 Download your PDF with embedded XML and check it afterwards

To use the service, you need an approved 🔐 API token for our AI-assisted invoice data extractor (7-PDF Invoice Extractor). API token packages are only available after prior testing, request, review and availability check.

✅ GDPR-oriented processing
🌐 Browser-based processing of suitable PDF invoices
📲 OS-independent – also usable on tablets, smartphones & more
🇩🇪 German server location
🔐 SSL-encrypted data transfer
👨‍💻 We do not store invoice data permanently

🎬 Video: ZUGFeRD Online Portal