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This section explains what happens to your documents once they’re uploaded to anyformat. It focuses on:
  • Files and pages
  • How documents are processed
  • How usage is calculated
You don’t need to define schemas or fields here — this is about the document side, not the data side.

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What is a file?

A file is any document you upload to anyformat. Examples:
  • PDFs
  • Images
  • Scans
  • Multi-page documents
Files are the raw input. They contain information, but no structure yet. anyformat reads files to understand:
  • Text
  • Layout
  • Tables
  • Visual cues

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Supported file formats

anyformat supports a wide range of document types:
CategoryFormats
PDF.pdf
Documents.doc, .docx, .txt, .html, .htm, .rtf, .odt, .ppt, .pptx, .epub
Spreadsheets.xlsx, .xls
Markdown.md, .markdown
Images.png, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .bmp, .tiff
Email.eml, .msg
Audio.mp3, .wav

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File size limits

  • Maximum file size: 20 MB per file
  • Page count: No hard limit (usage-based billing applies)

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What happens when you upload a file?

When a file is uploaded:
1

Document reading

anyformat reads the document
2

Page detection

Pages are detected
3

Content analysis

Content is analyzed and made searchable
4

Ready for processing

The file becomes ready for extraction or workflows
You don’t need to configure OCR engines or preprocessing steps.

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How files work with workflows

Files are always processed through workflows in anyformat:

With workflows

  • Apply repeatable logic
  • Extract structured data consistently
  • Scale to many documents
Files are the starting point, workflows define what to extract.

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What’s next?

Pages

Learn how pages work within files and why page boundaries matter

Usage & Billing

Understand how usage is calculated in anyformat