PDF to Word
Extract a PDF's text into a real, Word-compatible .docx file. Text only — original layout, fonts, and images aren't preserved. Free, private, runs entirely in your browser.
Click to select a PDF file, or drag and drop
Your file never leaves your browserHow to Convert a PDF to Word
- Upload the PDF you want to convert.
- Click Convert to Word (.docx) — the text from every page is pulled out and assembled into a Word-compatible document.
- Open the downloaded
.docxfile in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or LibreOffice.
What this tool actually does
Fully preserving a PDF's exact layout — fonts, positioning, tables, columns, and images — when converting to an editable Word document requires a rendering and layout-reconstruction engine well beyond what a static, client-side tool can do. This tool takes an honest, practical approach instead: it extracts each page's text content in reading order and builds it into a genuinely valid Word Open XML (.docx) file, with a page break inserted between each original PDF page. The result opens natively in Word and is fully editable, but it is plain text — no original fonts, images, tables, or multi-column layouts carry over.
Example
A 2-page PDF report becomes a .docx file with the first page's text, then a page break, then the second page's text — ready to edit, reformat, or copy into another document in Word.
Common Use Cases
- Getting a PDF's text into an editable Word document without retyping it.
- Repurposing the wording from a PDF report into a new Word template.
- Quickly extracting and reformatting text from a PDF for a different document.
FAQ
- Will the formatting, fonts, and layout be preserved? No — only the extracted plain text is preserved, with paragraph breaks and a page break between original pages. Fonts, colors, images, tables, and multi-column layouts from the source PDF are not carried over.
- Is the output a real .docx file? Yes — it's a genuinely valid Word Open XML document that opens natively in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, and LibreOffice, not a renamed text file.
- Why does it say no text was found? Scanned or photographed PDFs are usually just images with no underlying text layer. Run the OCR PDF tool first to recognize the text, then convert that.
- Is my file uploaded anywhere? No — extraction and document creation both happen entirely in your browser.