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PDF to Word Converter

This PDF to Word converter turns a PDF into an editable .docx file in your browser. It reads the text layer page by page and rebuilds it as real Word paragraphs, with Heading styles from larger fonts, bullet lists, tables from text lined up in columns, pictures, links, bold, italic, font sizes and text colours. Scanned pages are read with OCR in 29 languages, and two can be combined for mixed pages. Let the text flow, keep the original line breaks, or place every line at its exact spot, and convert several PDFs in one go. Nothing is uploaded. Charts, form fields and complex tables are not rebuilt, so plan a quick tidy in Word.

Always freeNo sign upRuns in your browser

Leave empty for all pages, or type ranges like 1-3, 5.

Scanned pages have no text layer. OCR reads them from the page image.

The first run downloads this language's data.

For pages that mix two languages, such as Hindi and English.

What this converter does not keep

  • In the flowing styles, exact positions: choose Exact positions to place each line where it was.
  • Complex tables with merged or ruled cells, which may come out as plain lines of text.
  • Charts, shapes, background colours, watermarks and form fields.
  • Footnotes and headers become normal text or are removed with the header option.
  • Fonts that are not installed on your computer are replaced by Word.

How to use

01

Add your PDF files

Drop one or more PDFs of up to 200 MB each. Use the up and down arrows to change the order, and type a range such as 1-3, 5 if you only need some pages.

02

Choose how the Word file is built

Pick Flowing paragraphs, Keep the original line breaks or Exact positions, then the page size, picture quality and OCR setting. Tick or untick fonts, colours, pictures, page breaks, heading styles, tables and header removal.

03

Convert and check the result

Press Convert to Word. A single file downloads as .docx; several come as a ZIP. The content preview shows the headings, lists and tables that were found before you open Word.

Why PDF to Word Converter

What the PDF to Word converter rebuilds and what it leaves out

The converter does not paint text boxes over a picture of the page. It works out the structure of each page from the PDF text layer and writes a normal Word document, so you can edit it like any other file.

In the PDFIn the Word file
Larger or bold heading linesHeading 1 to Heading 4 styles
Bullet pointsWord bullet lists at the right level
Numbered itemsParagraphs that keep their numbers
Text lined up in columnsA Word table with borders
Monospaced codeCourier New lines with their indents
LinksClickable hyperlinks
PicturesInline pictures (optional)
Charts, shapes, watermarks, form fieldsNot converted

Three ways to lay out the text

Flowing paragraphs joins the lines of each paragraph and repairs words split with a hyphen at a line end. This is the easiest version to edit, because text rewraps when you change it.

Keep the original line breaks puts a line break wherever the PDF had one and keeps wide gaps as tabs. Choose it for forms, addresses, poems or anything where the exact line matters more than easy editing.

Exact positions puts every line, and every column of a table, in its own small frame at the spot it had on the PDF page, with pictures framed the same way. It looks closest to the PDF in Word and LibreOffice, but paragraphs do not reflow and Google Docs ignores frames.

Common questions

How do I convert a PDF to an editable Word document for free?
Drop the PDF here, keep Flowing paragraphs selected and press Convert to Word. The .docx downloads straight away and opens in Word, LibreOffice or Google Docs. There is no sign-up, watermark or daily limit.
Can this PDF to Word converter handle scanned PDFs?
Yes. With Text recognition on Auto, any page without a text layer is read with Tesseract OCR in the language you pick. The first OCR run downloads the language data, so it takes longer. Check names and numbers afterwards, because OCR can misread poor scans.
Why does my converted Word file not look exactly like the PDF?
A PDF places every line at a fixed spot, while Word flows text into paragraphs. The converter rebuilds the structure (headings, lists, tables, pictures) rather than copying positions, so line breaks, spacing and page breaks can shift. Keep the original line breaks gets closer, and Exact positions places each line in a frame at its original spot, with less freedom to edit whole paragraphs.
Does PDF to Word keep tables?
Text that lines up in columns is rebuilt as a real Word table with borders and a header row. Tables with merged cells, rotated text or cells drawn only as lines on the page may come out as tabbed lines instead. Untick Rebuild tables if you prefer plain paragraphs.
Are the pictures from the PDF included in the Word file?
Yes, when Include pictures is ticked. Each picture is cut from the rendered page at 108, 144 or 216 dpi, set by Picture quality, and placed where it appears in the reading order. Large full-page backgrounds are skipped so they do not push your text around.
Can I convert only some pages of a PDF to Word?
Yes. Type the pages in the Pages box, for example 2-4, 7, or 10- for page 10 to the end. The same range is applied to every PDF in the list.
What happens to running headers and page numbers when converting to Word?
With Drop running headers, footers and page numbers ticked, lines that repeat at the top or bottom of most pages, and lone page numbers, are removed so they do not appear in the middle of your text. Untick it to keep every line.
Can I convert a password-protected PDF to Word?
Not directly. Remove the password first with Unlock PDF, using the password you were given, then convert the unlocked copy here.
Is my PDF uploaded when I convert it to Word here?
No. pdf.js reads the file, Tesseract.js runs OCR and the .docx is written with JSZip, all inside your browser tab. Closing the tab clears everything.
Which Word page size should I choose?
Same as the PDF keeps the page size and sets margins from where the text sits. Choose A4 or US Letter when the document will be printed or edited as a standard page, which also gives normal 2.54 cm or 1 inch margins.

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