Convert PDF to editable Word (.docx) document. Preserves text and formatting.
Convert PDF files to editable Word documents (.docx). Extracts text from PDFs using PDF.js and generates Word documents. Best results on text-based (not scanned) PDFs.
Upload your file using the tool above.
Adjust any settings to your preference.
Click the process button and wait for results.
Download your output using the download button.
Your PDF is almost certainly a scan — a photograph of a page rather than real text. Conversion extracts text that exists in the file, and a scan contains none. Run it through our PDF OCR tool first to add a real text layer, then convert; the results are usually dramatically better.
Text, headings and basic structure carry over reliably. Complex layouts do not always survive perfectly — multi-column pages, text wrapped tightly around images, footnotes and intricate tables can shift, because PDF stores positioned glyphs while Word stores flowing paragraphs. Expect a good editable starting point rather than a pixel-perfect clone.
Yes — edit the .docx however you need, then use our Word to PDF converter to produce a clean PDF again. This round trip is the normal way to make changes to a PDF you did not author, and the final PDF is generated fresh rather than patched.
Yes, PDF to Word Converter is completely free. No signup, no account, and no watermark on outputs. A Pro tier is available for 100 AI ops/day and larger file sizes.
PDF to Word Converter uploads your file over an encrypted connection to our own processing server, converts it, and returns the result. The file is deleted immediately after processing and is never used for anything else. It is not sent to any third party, and we keep no copies.
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Real layout-preserving conversion to Word or text
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Real .docx output: This converter uses a genuine office engine (LibreOffice) to rebuild your PDF as a proper .docx — it opens natively in Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, Google Docs and Apple Pages with full formatting.
Layout, images & tables: The conversion reconstructs the document structure — headings, paragraphs, embedded images and tables carry into an editable Word file.
Text-based vs scanned PDFs: PDFs exported from apps have embedded text and convert fully. Scanned PDFs are photos of paper — run them through OCR first, then convert here.
Privacy: Your PDF is sent over an encrypted connection, processed in memory, and deleted immediately after conversion — never stored.