About PDF to Word Converter
Get the text of a PDF into Word so you can edit it. The converter reads the text, keeps paragraphs and font styles where it can, and rebuilds simple tables as Word tables.
For a scanned PDF, which is only a picture of text, switch on OCR and pick the language of the document: the text is recognised first and then written to the DOCX. Everything runs in your browser.
How to use it
- Select or drop a PDF (up to 50 MB).
- Leave OCR on No for a normal PDF. For a scan, choose Yes and the document language.
- Optionally name the file.
- Press Convert to Word and download the DOCX.
Good to know
- Text-based PDFs give the best result. If you can select the text in your PDF viewer, OCR is not needed.
- Complex layouts such as multi-column magazines or forms will need tidying in Word afterwards.
- OCR downloads the language data once (a few MB), then your browser keeps it.
- OCR languages: English, Finnish, Swedish, German, French, Spanish, Dutch and Italian.
Questions
Will the Word file look exactly like the PDF?
Close for ordinary documents such as letters and reports. A PDF has no real paragraphs or columns, so busy layouts are rebuilt as simply as possible and may need some editing.
My PDF is a scan. Will it work?
Yes, with OCR switched on. Accuracy depends on the scan: a straight, sharp page at normal size reads well; a skewed phone photo reads less well.
Does it open in Google Docs or LibreOffice?
Yes. The result is a standard DOCX file.
Is my PDF uploaded?
No. Reading, OCR and building the DOCX all happen in this page.