PDF to Word

How to use PDF to Word

1. Select or drop a PDF that contains selectable text.
2. Press Convert to Word.
3. Download the DOCX file and open it in your word processor.
4. Check headings and spacing, then edit as needed.

Supported formats and limitations

Input

One PDF with selectable text

Output

Microsoft Word DOCX

Works on

Any modern browser on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS. JavaScript must be enabled.

Important limitations

This converter extracts the text, line breaks, paragraphs, page breaks and bold or italic styling. It does not recreate the exact layout, images, tables or columns. Scanned PDFs contain pictures of text and need OCR, which this tool does not do; it tells you when a PDF has no text.

Privacy and file processing

Processed in your browser. The file is never uploaded to our server.

About PDF to Word

PDF to Word turns the text of a PDF into a DOCX document you can edit in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, WPS or LibreOffice. It is ideal when you need to reuse the wording of a report, update an old letter or quote a long passage without retyping it.

The converter focuses on getting the words right. It rebuilds lines and paragraphs from the text positions in the PDF, keeps bold and italic styling and starts each PDF page on a new Word page. Complex layouts with columns, tables and images are not recreated, and scanned PDFs need OCR, so the tool tells you plainly when a file has no text to extract.

Features

• Real DOCX output (Office Open XML), not a renamed file
• Paragraph detection from line spacing
• Bold, italic and font size carried over
• One Word page break per PDF page
• Detects scanned PDFs without a text layer

Why use it

• Reuse text without retyping
• Works with Word, Google Docs and LibreOffice
• Your document never leaves your device

How it works

PDF.js reads the text items on each page with their positions and fonts. Lines are rebuilt from item positions, joined into paragraphs by line spacing, and written into a standards-compliant DOCX package (Office Open XML) generated in your browser.

Examples

PDF to Word: frequently asked questions