How to convert a PDF to Word
- Drop your PDF onto the box or tap to choose it.
- Choose Editable text to get paragraphs and headings you can edit in Word, Google Docs, Pages or LibreOffice. Choose Exact look to place each page as an image, keeping the layout perfectly but not editable.
- Leave Join lines into paragraphs on so sentences flow normally instead of breaking at every line, and Detect headings on to turn larger or bold lines into Word headings.
- Press Convert to Word, check the preview and download the .docx file.
What to expect from PDF to Word conversion
A PDF stores where each piece of text sits on the page, not paragraphs, columns or styles, so every converter has to rebuild the structure. This one reads the text and its positions with Mozilla's pdf.js, groups words into lines and lines into paragraphs using spacing and punctuation, re-joins words hyphenated across lines, and marks bigger or bold lines as headings. The result is a clean, editable document that is easy to restyle, which suits reports, articles, letters, contracts and CVs where you mainly need the words.
Complex layouts such as multi-column magazines, tables, forms and text over images will not look like the original; the text is kept, but you may need to rearrange it. Scanned PDFs contain pictures of text rather than text, so run them through OCR first. Everything happens in your browser: your document is never uploaded, there are no page limits, and no account is needed.
Is my PDF uploaded?
No. The conversion runs on your device; only the PDF reading library is downloaded from a public CDN.
Will tables and columns be kept?
Their text is kept but not their grid. For an exact copy of the layout, use the "Exact look" option, which places each page as an image.
Why is my converted document empty?
The PDF is probably a scan without real text. Use OCR PDF first, then convert the result.
Does it work with Google Docs?
Yes. Upload the .docx to Google Drive and open it with Google Docs, or open it in Word, Pages or LibreOffice.