PDF to Word Converter
Convert a PDF to Word. Paragraphs, headings, bold and italic text and images come out editable in a .docx file.
Select a PDF fileor drop it anywhere on this page, or paste
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PDF to Word Converter, free and private
Convert PDF to Word for free and get an editable .docx file that opens in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice Writer or Apple Pages. The converter rebuilds whole paragraphs, keeps bold, italic and font sizes, turns large titles into Word headings and places the PDF's images between the paragraphs.
It is a text converter, not a page copy. Tables become lines of text, and exact positions and fonts are not kept. The conversion runs in your browser, so the PDF is never uploaded.
How to convert PDF to Word
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Add your PDF
Press Select PDF files or drop a PDF onto the page. The tool converts one document at a time.
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Pick the pages and convert
Leave All pages selected, or press Choose pages and pick the pages to convert. The preview shows the headings and paragraphs the Word file will get. Press Convert to Word to join wrapped lines into paragraphs and write them into a new .docx, with each PDF page on its own Word page.
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Download the DOCX
Press Download DOCX. The file keeps your PDF's name with a .docx ending. The result also shows how many images were placed and lists any pages that had no text.
Why use PDFToolz for this
Paragraphs, not broken lines
Lines that wrapped in the PDF are merged back into one paragraph. Words split by a hyphen at a line end are joined again, so you can edit and reflow the text in Word right away.
Bold, italic, sizes and headings
Bold and italic text and font sizes carry over. Short lines set clearly larger than the body text become Word Heading 1, 2 or 3, so the navigation pane shows the document's outline.
Images in place
Photos, logos and charts stored as images are placed between the paragraphs near where they sat on the page, scaled to fit the Word margins. Images smaller than 24 points, such as icons and rules, are left out.
Same pages, same paper size
Each PDF page starts a new Word page, and the Word page size matches the PDF, for example A4 or Letter. Page 7 of the PDF is still page 7 of your draft.
Free and private
No account, watermark or daily cap. The PDF is read and the .docx is built on your device, so nothing is uploaded.
How the PDF to Word converter rebuilds your document
A PDF stores each line of text at a fixed spot on the page. It has no idea of paragraphs. The converter groups the characters into lines. It starts a new paragraph at a larger gap, an indented first line, a list marker, a font size change or a short line that ends a sentence.
Text that is bigger than the body text and fits on a short line becomes a heading. On pages laid out in two columns, the left column is read first and then the right, so sentences are not mixed across columns.
- Kept: paragraphs, headings, bold, italic, font sizes, images, page breaks and the PDF's page size.
- Changed: tables become lines of text with the cells separated by spaces, not a Word table.
- Not kept: exact positions, the original fonts, colours, links, form fields and comments.
What to expect from complex layouts
Letters, reports, contracts and simple books convert well. Pages with scattered text boxes, sidebars, captions over images or three or more columns may come out in a different order than you read them. Check those pages and move paragraphs where needed.
If the pages must look exactly like the original, a text converter is the wrong tool. Save them as pictures with PDF to JPG / PNG, or open the PDF in a recent desktop version of Microsoft Word, which runs its own layout-keeping conversion.
Scanned PDF to Word needs OCR first
A scanned PDF, or one made from phone photos, holds pictures of pages, not text. If no page has text, the tool stops and tells you to run OCR PDF first. If only some pages are scans, the Word file is still made and the result lists the pages that had no text.
OCR PDF reads the text on each page in English, Spanish, French or German and adds a hidden, selectable text layer, also on your device. Then convert the OCR result here and check names and numbers, because accuracy depends on the scan.
Other ways to get text out of a PDF
If you only need the words, PDF to Text uses the same reading order and saves a plain .txt file. PDF to Word is better when you want to keep working in a word processor with headings, images and page breaks in place.
Files that block copying or editing but open without a password convert as normal. If the PDF asks for a password to open, remove it with Unlock PDF first. You need to know the password.
Frequently asked questions
Add the PDF, press Convert to Word, then press Download DOCX. Open the file in Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice or Pages to edit it.
It is free, with no sign-up, watermark or usage limit. The PDF is read and the Word file is built on your device, so nothing is uploaded.
Close, but not exact. Paragraphs, headings, bold, italic, font sizes, images and page breaks carry over. Exact positions, the original fonts and table grids do not, so complex layouts need some tidying.
Images are placed between the paragraphs near where they were on the page. Table text is kept, but each row becomes a line of text instead of a Word table.
Not directly. A scan has no text layer, so the tool asks you to run OCR PDF first. Then convert the OCR result here.
Yes. On a page with two columns, the left column is read first and then the right, so the sentences stay in order.
The tool converts one PDF at a time. After downloading, press Process another to convert the next file.
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