PDF to Word
PDFTurn a PDF into an editable Word document — headings, paragraphs, bold and italic, tables and pictures — in your browser.
PDF to Word turns a PDF back into a document you can edit — a report to update, a contract to mark up, a CV to bring up to date, an article to quote from — without typing it out again. A PDF holds no paragraphs or headings, only text placed on the page, so the document is rebuilt from where things sit: text set larger becomes a heading, lines that follow on become a paragraph, bold and italic stay where they were, text lined up in columns becomes a table, and the pictures come across in their place. A page of two columns is read the way you would read it, left column first, and the page numbers and running heads repeated on every page are left out. The preview shows the document as it will be saved, before anything is downloaded, and the .docx opens in Word, Pages, Google Docs and LibreOffice. It is a document to edit, not a copy of the page's look: text boxes, colours and lines stay behind. Everything happens in your browser — the PDF is never uploaded — and a scan, which has no text in it yet, is sent to Make PDF Searchable first.
Why use PDF to Word
100% private
Your PDF files are processed locally and never uploaded.
Instant
No upload or download wait — it runs at the speed of your device.
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Works in any modern browser. No sign-up to begin.
How to use PDF to Word
- 1Add the PDF
A PDF with text in it — a report, a letter, a CV. It is read in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
- 2Check the document
The preview shows the headings, paragraphs, tables and pictures as they will be saved. Keep a page break per page, or let the text run on.
- 3Download
The Word document is saved under the PDF's name, ready for Word, Pages, Google Docs or LibreOffice.
Frequently asked questions
Is my PDF uploaded to convert it to Word?
No. The PDF is read and the Word document written in your own browser, and the file is saved straight to your device. A contract or a CV stays where it is.
Will the Word document look exactly like the PDF?
Not exactly, and that is on purpose: it is made to be edited. The text, headings, bold and italic, tables and pictures come across, in the PDF's own font and size, so it reads like the original. What made the page look the way it did — columns, text boxes, colours, lines, backgrounds — is left behind, because in Word those are what make a document hard to change. The preview shows what you will get before you save.
Can I convert a scanned PDF to Word?
Not directly: a scan is a picture of a page, with no text in it to put in a document. The tool sees that and sends the PDF to Make PDF Searchable, which reads the words on your device and adds them to the PDF; convert that copy here afterwards.
How does it know what is a heading?
By size: text set larger than the body text becomes a heading, the largest a first-level heading, and a short line that is all in bold becomes a small one. They are real Word headings, so the document has an outline and a table of contents can be made from it.
What happens to tables?
Text lined up in three or more rows that share their columns becomes a Word table, a cell for each piece. A table drawn as a picture stays a picture. For figures you want to calculate with, PDF to Excel puts the same tables in a spreadsheet.
What about page numbers and headers?
A line repeated at the top or the foot of half the pages or more — a running head, Page 3 of 12 — is left out, since in a document you edit it would be a paragraph in the middle of the text. Choose Run on to let the text flow as one document; a paragraph cut by the end of a page is joined again.