How to convert a PDF to a Word document

You need to change a few lines in a PDF. The easy way is to get the text into Word, edit it there, and save again. Be ready for one thing: this tool gives you the text, not an exact copy of the page.

Steps

  1. Open PDF to Word.
  2. Choose a PDF that has selectable text (up to 25 MB).
  3. Press Convert to Word.
  4. Download the .docx file and open it in Word, Google Docs or any app that opens Word files.

It all happens in your browser. Your PDF is not uploaded.

What carries over

  • The words, in order.
  • Paragraphs. The tool joins lines that belong together, so you do not get a line break at the end of every row.
  • Hindi and other scripts, as text.

What does not carry over

  • Pictures, logos and stamps.
  • Tables. The words from a table will come out as plain lines.
  • Columns, headers, footers and fonts.
  • Exact page layout.

That is a real limit, so we say it plainly. If the PDF has a complicated design, you will need to rebuild the look in Word. For a letter, an essay, a notice or an agreement made mostly of paragraphs, the result is usually fine.

If the PDF is a scan

You will see a message that no selectable text was found. A scan is a set of pictures. Run OCR scanned PDF first. Copy the text it gives you, then paste it into Text to Word and PDF and save it as a Word file.

Tidy up after converting

  1. Read the file from top to bottom once.
  2. Fix any broken lines and odd spacing.
  3. Add back any table, picture or logo you need.
  4. Save under a new name so the original stays safe.

Only changing a word or two?

Think about whether you need Word at all. For a signature, use Sign PDF. For removing a few pages, use Split PDF. Those keep the original design exactly as it is.

Try it now: PDF to Word · OCR Scanned PDF