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Convert PDF to Word
Turn a PDF into a Word document you can edit, with its headings, lists, links and pictures. Your file stays on your device.
or drop it anywhere on this page
Files stay on this device. Nothing is uploaded.
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Reading text from scans needs OCR, which isn’t available here yet. I’d pay for OCR
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How to convert a PDF to Word
- Choose a PDF, or drop it onto the page.
- Choose whether to keep the pictures and a page break between pages.
- Select Convert to Word and download the .docx file.
Questions
Is my PDF uploaded anywhere?
No. Your browser reads the PDF and writes the Word document on this device. The file is never sent to a server, so there is nothing for anyone to store, read or leak.
What comes across into Word?
The text with its bold and italic words, headings, bulleted and numbered lists, links and pictures, in reading order and in Word’s own styles, so it’s easy to edit. A PDF records where each word sits on the page rather than how the document was built, so the exact layout, tables, columns and fonts may need some tidying in Word.
Can it convert a scanned PDF?
A scanned page is a picture of text, so there’s no text in it to convert. Reading text from pictures needs OCR, which isn’t available here yet. If a PDF has both kinds of pages, the pages with text are converted and the scanned pages are added as pictures.
What about pages with two columns?
Simple two-column layouts, like newsletters and articles, come out with the left column before the right one. Other layouts keep a top-to-bottom order, so check the order of the text in anything more complex.
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