Convert Kruti Dev encoded Hindi cells to Unicode so Excel can display them in any Devanagari font. Free, paste-and-copy tool.
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Type or paste Kruti Dev encoded text into the left panel. You can also drag and drop a .txt file — the script is detected automatically.
As you type, the engine maps every character against the complete Kruti Dev 010 table and produces Unicode Devanagari in real time.
Click "Copy to clipboard" to paste into Word, WhatsApp, or any app — or download a .txt file. Both directions (Kruti Dev ↔ Unicode) work.
Kruti Dev to Unicode Converter for Excel Microsoft Excel is extensively used across Indian government departments, banks, and businesses for data management — and a large volume of this data contains Hindi text typed in Kruti Dev font. When such spreadsheets are opened on a computer without Kruti Dev installed, or when the data is exported or shared, the Hindi text appears as a sequence of meaningless ASCII characters. Converting it to Unicode resolves this permanently.
The problem typically manifests in one of two ways: either the Excel file looks fine on the original computer (because Kruti Dev is installed) but looks broken when shared, or the data was imported from another system and the encoding was lost in translation. In both cases, the fix is to convert the cell contents from Kruti Dev encoding to Unicode Devanagari.
To convert Hindi text in an Excel spreadsheet: select the cells containing Kruti Dev text, copy them to clipboard, paste into this converter, copy the Unicode output, and paste back into Excel. For large datasets with many cells, you may want to first consolidate the text into a single column, convert the entire column at once, and then paste back. The file upload feature also accepts plain text exports from Excel (saved as .txt or .csv).
Once the text is in Unicode Devanagari, it will display correctly on any device without requiring Kruti Dev font. You can also use standard Excel features like sort, filter, and search on the Hindi text — these features do not work reliably with Kruti Dev-encoded text because Excel treats it as ASCII rather than Hindi.
Ideal for kruti dev to unicode converter for excel workflows — paste your text in the box above and the converted output appears instantly. You can copy the result or download it as a .txt file.
The Hindi text in your file was entered using Kruti Dev font, which stores Devanagari characters as regular ASCII letters. When the file is opened without Kruti Dev font applied to the cells, Excel displays the raw ASCII characters. Converting the text to Unicode resolves this because Unicode Devanagari is a universal standard that Excel displays correctly on all modern systems.
Yes. Once the text is in Unicode Devanagari, Excel's sort and filter functions recognise it as proper text. Sorting will follow the Unicode sort order, which corresponds closely to the standard alphabetical order of the Devanagari script. Searching with Ctrl+F will also work correctly for Unicode text.
Select all the Kruti Dev text cells, copy them, paste into this converter, and copy the Unicode output. Then paste it back into the same cells in Excel. Alternatively, you can save your sheet as a .txt file (Tab delimited), upload it to this converter using the file upload feature, download the converted output, and then import it back into Excel.
No. The converter identifies and converts only characters that are part of the Kruti Dev encoding. Standard English letters, numbers, and punctuation are passed through unchanged. You can safely convert a mixed Hindi-English spreadsheet without affecting the non-Hindi content.