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PDF to Word

Export PDF text into an editable .docx.

Select a PDF

Click to choose, or drop a file here

About converting PDF to Word

This extracts the text from a PDF into an editable .docx so you can revise a document you only have as a PDF. It is built for getting the words back, not for reproducing the exact visual design.

The extraction runs in your browser. Plain, text-based PDFs convert well; the output keeps paragraphs and basic structure but does not rebuild multi-column layouts, precise spacing, or complex tables. Scanned PDFs have no text to extract — run them through OCR first. Nothing is uploaded during the conversion.

How to PDF to Word

  1. 1

    Open the tool

    Open the PDF to Word tool and drop your file onto the page, or click to browse for it. Everything runs in your browser — the file is never uploaded.

  2. 2

    Convert the document

    Click Convert — the PDF's text is extracted into an editable .docx.

  3. 3

    Download the Word file

    Download the .docx and edit it in Word or Google Docs.

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PDF to Word — frequently asked questions

Why is my exported .docx just plain text with no formatting?+

This tool extracts text only — layout, images, and tables aren't reconstructed. It's meant for quickly getting editable text out, not a pixel-perfect conversion.

Why did it produce an empty document?+

If the PDF is a scanned image with no selectable text layer, there's no text to extract. This tool doesn't perform OCR.

Does this produce a .doc or a .docx file?+

A .docx file — the modern Word format used by Word 2007 and later, and by Google Docs, LibreOffice, and Pages.

Do you upload my files to a server?+

No — every tool here processes your files entirely on your device, and nothing is uploaded to a server. The only exception is the AI tools, which send the extracted text (not the file) to Claude to do their work.

Is there a file size limit?+

There's no artificial limit we impose, but since processing happens in your browser, very large files (500+ MB or 1,000+ pages) are limited by your device's memory rather than by us.