{"id":2147,"date":"2026-11-08T15:13:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T20:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/?p=2147"},"modified":"2026-08-31T23:11:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T03:11:46","slug":"turnitin-file-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/turnitin-file-requirements","title":{"rendered":"Turnitin File Requirements: Size, Page and Format Limits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is 11:40 pm, the assignment closes at midnight, and Turnitin has just refused your paper \u2014 no error code, no explanation. Almost every time, the cause is on a short list of rules Turnitin publishes openly: a format it quietly refuses, a PDF whose text it cannot read, or a document that is simply too long. Here is that list, taken from Turnitin\u2019s own guides, with the fix for each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Quick answer:<\/strong> Turnitin accepts files <strong>under 100 MB<\/strong> and <strong>under 800 pages<\/strong>. If the assignment checks similarity, the file also needs <strong>at least 20 words<\/strong> and must be one of: <code>.doc<\/code>, <code>.docx<\/code>, <code>.pdf<\/code>, <code>.txt<\/code>, <code>.rtf<\/code>, <code>.odt<\/code>, <code>.pptx<\/code>, <code>.hwp<\/code>\/<code>.hwpx<\/code>, HTML, Adobe PostScript, Corel WordPerfect, or a Google Doc submitted via Google Drive. <strong>Apple Pages, <code>.docm<\/code>, <code>.wps<\/code>, <code>.ods<\/code> and password-protected files are refused outright.<\/strong> The most common surprise rejection is a PDF whose text is not selectable \u2014 a scan, a photo, or a filled-in form.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Jump to a section<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"#limits\">The limits Turnitin actually publishes<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#types\">Accepted formats, and the ones Turnitin refuses<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#pdf\">Why a PDF that opens perfectly still gets rejected<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#wordcount\">DOCX or PDF? Your word count is not the same<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#tool\">Convert DOCX to PDF on xconvert<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#faq\">FAQ<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"limits\">The limits Turnitin actually publishes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rules change depending on how your instructor set the assignment up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/turnitin-limits.png\" alt=\"Turnitin's three published submission limits: under 100 MB file size, under 800 pages, and a 20-word minimum for a Similarity Report\" class=\"wp-image-2146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/turnitin-limits.png 1600w, https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/turnitin-limits-300x89.png 300w, https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/turnitin-limits-1024x305.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/turnitin-limits-768x229.png 768w, https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/turnitin-limits-1536x458.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Assignment setting<\/th><th>Max size<\/th><th>Max pages<\/th><th>Words<\/th><th>Accepted types<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Allow any file type<\/strong><\/td><td>Under 100 MB<\/td><td>Under 800<\/td><td>None stated<\/td><td>Any file<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Allow only files Turnitin can check for similarity<\/strong><\/td><td>Under 100 MB<\/td><td>Under 800<\/td><td>Minimum 20<\/td><td>The list below<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>AI Writing Report<\/strong> (separate feature)<\/td><td>Under 100 MB<\/td><td>Not stated<\/td><td>300 min, 30,000 max<\/td><td><code>.docx<\/code>, <code>.pdf<\/code>, <code>.txt<\/code>, <code>.rtf<\/code> only<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two things are worth pulling out of that table. <strong>\u201cAllow any file type\u201d is not a free pass on similarity<\/strong> \u2014 Turnitin will accept a <code>.pages<\/code> file or a photo of your handwritten notes, it just will not generate a Similarity Report from them. And the <strong>AI Writing Report has stricter rules of its own<\/strong>: four formats, three languages (English, Spanish, Japanese), and 300 to 30,000 words of long-form prose, so a short reflection piece submits fine but produces no AI percentage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"types\">Accepted formats, and the ones Turnitin refuses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the published list for assignments restricted to similarity-checkable files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Format<\/th><th>Extension<\/th><th>What to know<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Microsoft Word<\/td><td><code>.doc<\/code>, <code>.docx<\/code><\/td><td>Word count read directly out of Word, including hidden text<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Portable Document Format<\/td><td><code>.pdf<\/code><\/td><td>Must contain selectable text \u2014 see below<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Plain text<\/td><td><code>.txt<\/code><\/td><td>The safe fallback if your word processor is unsupported<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rich Text Format<\/td><td><code>.rtf<\/code><\/td><td>The other recommended fallback<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>OpenOffice Writer<\/td><td><code>.odt<\/code><\/td><td>Not one downloaded from Google Docs<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>PowerPoint<\/td><td><code>.pptx<\/code>, <code>.ppsx<\/code>, <code>.pps<\/code><\/td><td>Converted to a static PDF; presenter notes, video and animation are dropped. <code>.ppt<\/code> \u201cdoes not work with integrations\u201d \u2014 use <code>.pptx<\/code><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hangul<\/td><td><code>.hwp<\/code>, <code>.hwpx<\/code><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>HTML, Adobe PostScript, Corel WordPerfect<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Google Docs<\/td><td>via Google Drive<\/td><td>Use the Drive picker; never upload a <code>.gdoc<\/code>, which holds only a link<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And this is the refusal list \u2014 the part that catches people out, because these files all open normally on your own computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Turnitin refuses<\/th><th>What to do instead<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Apple Pages<\/strong><\/td><td>Export from Pages to Word or PDF; Apple documents this under \u201cExport to Word, PDF, or another file format\u201d. xconvert cannot open <code>.pages<\/code> either \u2014 that step has to happen in Apple\u2019s own apps or on <a href=\"http:\/\/iCloud.com\">iCloud.com<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Password-protected files<\/strong><\/td><td>Remove the password in the app that set it, then save a fresh copy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><code>.docm<\/code> (macro-enabled Word)<\/strong><\/td><td>In Word: <strong>Save As<\/strong> \u2192 <strong>Word Document (.docx)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Microsoft Works <code>.wps<\/code><\/strong><\/td><td>Open in a Works-compatible processor and save as <code>.docx<\/code> or <code>.rtf<\/code><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><code>.odt<\/code> downloaded from Google Docs<\/strong><\/td><td>Use <strong>File \u2192 Download \u2192 Microsoft Word (.docx)<\/strong> instead of the OpenDocument option<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong><code>.doc<\/code> created in OpenOffice<\/strong><\/td><td>Turnitin calls these \u201cnot 100% Microsoft Word equivalent\u201d \u2014 save as <code>.odt<\/code>, or convert to PDF<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Spreadsheets made outside Excel<\/strong> (<code>.ods<\/code>)<\/td><td>Open in Excel or Google Sheets and export <code>.xlsx<\/code><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Text with visual effects<\/strong><\/td><td>Strip shadows and 3D styling \u2014 this bites hardest on PowerPoint title slides<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Image-only PDFs, PDF forms, PDF portfolios, PDFs with several embedded files<\/strong><\/td><td>See the next section<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"pdf\">Why a PDF that opens perfectly still gets rejected<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sentence that explains most Turnitin PDF failures comes straight from the guide: Turnitin \u201cwill not accept PDF image files, forms, portfolios, files that do not contain highlightable text (e.g., scanned documents that are images), or documents containing multiple embedded files.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A PDF is a container. It can hold real text \u2014 letters stored as characters with fonts embedded \u2014 or a picture of text, which is what a scanner, a phone camera, or a \u201cprint to image\u201d workflow gives you. Both look identical on screen. Only one can be checked for similarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Turnitin publishes its own test and it takes ten seconds.<\/strong> Open the PDF, select a paragraph, copy it, paste it into Notepad or TextEdit. If words appear, the file has a text layer. If nothing appears, or you cannot select the text at all, it will be rejected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the test fails, there is exactly one real fix: <strong>optical character recognition<\/strong>, which reads the picture and reconstructs the text. <strong>xconvert does not do OCR<\/strong> \u2014 no converter of ours adds a text layer to a scan, and no setting changes that. Running an image-only PDF through any file converter just gives you the same picture in a different wrapper. So:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Still have the original Word file?<\/strong> Submit that. Faster than any OCR, and Turnitin reads Word\u2019s word count directly.<\/li><li><strong>Only have the scan?<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/drive\/answer\/176692\">Google Drive<\/a> will OCR a PDF or photo for free when you open it with Google Docs \u2014 but its published guidance is tight. Under \u201cFor the best results, use these tips\u201d Google asks for a file <strong>2 MB or smaller<\/strong>, text <strong>at least 10 pixels high<\/strong>, and pages right-side up. It is advice rather than a hard cap, but 2 MB still rules out most multi-page scans.<\/li><li><strong>Bigger or messier scans<\/strong> need a dedicated OCR product \u2014 Adobe Acrobat\u2019s Scan &amp; OCR, ABBYY FineReader, or your library\u2019s scanning station.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two smaller traps hide in the same sentence. A <strong>PDF form<\/strong> with fillable boxes is refused even when its text is selectable, so flatten it first; a <strong>PDF portfolio<\/strong> is refused as a structure, so export the document on its own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turnitin also recommends producing PDFs with Adobe Acrobat or Microsoft Word 365, warning that PDFs from other tools \u201cmay not work\u201d. Read that as a reason to run the copy-paste test on whatever PDF you are about to submit, whoever made it. For the wider version of this problem, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/scanned-pdf-to-word-not-editable\">your scanned PDF turned into a picture in Word<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wordcount\">DOCX or PDF? Your word count is not the same<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is barely documented outside Turnitin\u2019s own help centre, and it matters when your assignment has a word limit your instructor checks inside Turnitin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>You submit<\/th><th>How Turnitin counts<\/th><th>What can go missing<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><code>.doc<\/code>, <code>.docx<\/code><\/td><td>Extracted <strong>directly from Microsoft Word<\/strong><\/td><td>Nothing \u2014 formatting and <strong>hidden text<\/strong> are parsed too<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>.pdf<\/code><\/td><td>Turnitin\u2019s <strong>text extraction system<\/strong> reads the visible text layer<\/td><td>Hidden text, scanned image text, and complex layout such as <strong>columns and tables<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><code>.txt<\/code><\/td><td>Text extraction, with \u201cminimal discrepancies\u201d<\/td><td>Effectively nothing<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A paper with two columns, several tables or many figure captions can therefore report a <em>lower<\/em> count as a PDF than Word showed you. Character set matters too: Turnitin often counts Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters as individual words, treats long German compounds as one word, and can differ from Word on Thai and Arabic. A mismatch in those languages is normal, not a fault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Practical rule:<\/strong> if the assignment accepts both, submit the <code>.docx<\/code>. Convert to PDF when the assignment demands PDF, or when your source format sits on the refusal list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tool\">Convert DOCX to PDF on xconvert<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the assignment specifies PDF, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/convert-docx-to-pdf\">DOCX to PDF converter<\/a> turns a Word file into a text PDF \u2014 the words stay words rather than becoming a picture of your page, which is exactly what Turnitin needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Open <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/convert-docx-to-pdf\">xconvert.com\/convert-docx-to-pdf<\/a> and click <strong>Upload<\/strong>, then <strong>From my Computer<\/strong> (Google Drive and Dropbox sit in the same menu). You can also drag the file onto the <strong>drag &amp; drop files here<\/strong> area.<\/li><li>Queue several files if you have chapters or appendices \u2014 they convert in one batch with the same settings.<\/li><li>Look at <strong>Advanced Options<\/strong> (the gear panel, already open on the page) only if you are curious. It carries a single group, <strong>Compression Type<\/strong> \u2014 Screen (Best), Ebook, Default, Prepress, Printer. Nothing there affects whether your words stay selectable, so leave it alone for a submission.<\/li><li>Click <strong>Convert<\/strong>, then download the PDF.<\/li><li>Run Turnitin\u2019s own check before you submit: select a paragraph in the PDF, copy it, paste it into Notepad or TextEdit.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the result is over 100 MB, shrink it with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/compress-pdf\">PDF compressor<\/a> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/blog\/compress-a-pdf-without-losing-quality\">which preset to choose<\/a>. If it is over 800 pages, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xconvert.com\/split-pdf\">split it<\/a> and ask your instructor how they want the parts handled; compression cannot reduce a page count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your file uploads over an encrypted connection, is converted on our servers, and is deleted automatically a few hours later. No account, no watermark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"faq\">FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the file size limit for Turnitin?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under 100 MB, for every assignment setting. Two more limits travel with it and get forgotten: the document must be <strong>under 800 pages<\/strong>, and \u2014 for a Similarity Report \u2014 must contain <strong>at least 20 words<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why does Turnitin reject my PDF when it opens fine on my computer?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opening is not reading. Turnitin refuses PDFs that hold a picture of text rather than text \u2014 scans, photos of pages, \u201cprint to image\u201d exports \u2014 and also refuses PDF forms, PDF portfolios, and PDFs with several files embedded inside them. Copy a paragraph and paste it into a plain-text editor; if nothing pastes, that is your rejection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can I submit an Apple Pages file to Turnitin?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No \u2014 Apple Pages is on Turnitin\u2019s list of formats that will not generate a Similarity Report. Export to Word or PDF from Pages first; Apple\u2019s own guide covers it under \u201cExport to Word, PDF, or another file format\u201d. xconvert cannot open <code>.pages<\/code> files either, so that step has to happen in Apple\u2019s apps or on <a href=\"http:\/\/iCloud.com\">iCloud.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Does Turnitin work with scanned or handwritten work?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not for similarity checking \u2014 Turnitin explicitly refuses \u201cscanned documents that are images\u201d. You need OCR to create a text layer first. xconvert does not perform OCR; use Google Drive\u2019s free OCR under 2 MB, or a dedicated OCR product for anything larger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Should I submit a Word document or a PDF?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <code>.docx<\/code>, if the assignment allows it. Turnitin reads the word count straight out of Word, so the number your instructor sees matches your document, and you skip every PDF text-layer caveat. Use PDF when the assignment demands it or when your source format is on the refusal list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">My paper is over 800 pages or 100 MB. What now?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Compression fixes size, not length. Image-heavy appendices usually shrink a long way through a PDF compressor, but if the document genuinely exceeds 800 pages no compressor helps \u2014 split it and ask your instructor how to submit the parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Last verified 2026-08-31.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.turnitin.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/22047038689037-File-requirements-for-submitting-your-assignment-to-Turnitin\">Turnitin \u2014 File requirements for submitting your assignment<\/a> \u2014 the 100 MB \/ 800 page \/ 20 word limits, the format lists, the PDF refusal wording and the copy-paste test.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.turnitin.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/23929463501965-File-requirements-for-accepting-submissions-in-Turnitin\">Turnitin \u2014 File requirements for accepting submissions<\/a> \u2014 the instructor-facing copy of the same rules.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.turnitin.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/28234943089933-File-requirements-for-an-AI-Writing-Report\">Turnitin \u2014 File requirements for an AI Writing Report<\/a> \u2014 100 MB, 300\u201330,000 words, three languages, four formats.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.turnitin.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/40526459822733-View-and-understand-word-count-in-Turnitin\">Turnitin \u2014 View and understand word count<\/a> \u2014 per-format word-count derivation and character-set caveats.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.turnitin.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/28321121666573-Trouble-submitting-your-paper\">Turnitin \u2014 Trouble submitting your paper?<\/a> \u2014 Turnitin\u2019s advice to re-save in another supported format.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/drive\/answer\/176692\">Google Drive Help \u2014 Convert PDF and photo files to text<\/a> \u2014 free OCR; under \u201cFor the best results, use these tips\u201d: a file 2 MB or smaller, text at least 10 px high, pages right-side up. Guidance, not a published hard cap.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/guide\/pages\/export-to-word-pdf-or-another-file-format-tan8a5df9b53\/mac\">Apple \u2014 Pages User Guide: Export to Word, PDF, or another file format<\/a> \u2014 the supported escape route for <code>.pages<\/code> files.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turnitin file requirements from Turnitin&#8217;s own docs: under 100 MB, 800 pages, 20 words \u2014 plus why image-only PDFs and Apple Pages get rejected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2145,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to-guides","category-tools"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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