Convert PDF to Word (DOCX)

Turn a PDF into an editable Word document that keeps the original design, or into clean reflowed text with real headings, lists and tables.

About Convert PDF to Word (DOCX)

Turn a PDF into an editable Word document that keeps the original design, or into clean reflowed text with real headings, lists and tables.

How it works

  1. Add the PDF.
  2. Choose Exact look to keep the page design with editable text on top, or Reflowed to rebuild headings, lists, columns and tables.
  3. Download the Word (DOCX) file.

Use it when you need to edit a document that only exists as a PDF.

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Converting a PDF to an editable Word file

A PDF records where each character sits on the page. It has no idea what a paragraph, a table or a heading is, so every converter has to rebuild that structure. How well it does that decides whether the Word file looks like your PDF or like a jumble.

Exact look or Reflowed: which one to choose

Exact look keeps the page as it is. Backgrounds, borders, lines, logos and photos stay in place, and the text sits on top at its original position, size and colour. Choose it for small, precise edits such as a name, a date, an amount or an address, when the document has to look like the original.

Reflowed rebuilds the document as normal Word structure: real headings, lists, columns and tables that flow as you type. Choose it when you will rewrite paragraphs, add pages or reuse the text in a new layout.

Why can't I select the text in my PDF?

Then the PDF is a scan or a photo: each page is a picture of text, and there is no text for a converter to read. Run it through OCR first. It recognises the characters and can give you an editable Word file directly.

The fonts look different after converting

Word can only show fonts installed on your computer. If the PDF used a font you don't have, Word substitutes a similar one and line lengths can shift a little. Installing the original font, or picking one close match for the whole document, fixes it.

Common reasons to convert PDF to Word

When you've finished editing, Word to PDF turns the file back into a PDF.

PDF को Word में कैसे बदलें

अपनी PDF चुनें, मोड चुनें और .docx फ़ाइल डाउनलोड करें। डिज़ाइन जैसा का तैसा चाहिए तो Exact look चुनें। पूरा टेक्स्ट दोबारा लिखना हो तो Reflowed चुनें। फ़ाइल आपके डिवाइस से बाहर नहीं जाती।

अगर PDF में टेक्स्ट सेलेक्ट नहीं होता, तो वह स्कैन की हुई फ़ाइल है। पहले OCR इस्तेमाल करें।

पुराने हिंदी फ़ॉन्ट (जैसे Kruti Dev) में बनी PDF को कोई भी कन्वर्टर सही यूनिकोड हिंदी में नहीं बदल पाता, क्योंकि उनमें हिंदी अक्षर अंग्रेज़ी अक्षरों के कोड पर बने होते हैं। ऐसी फ़ाइल का मूल Word दस्तावेज़ मिल जाए तो वही सबसे अच्छा है।

Questions about Convert PDF to Word (DOCX)

How good is your PDF to Word conversion?

It has two modes. Exact look keeps the page design: colours, shapes, lines, logos and photos stay where they were as the page background, and every line of text is placed back on top as real, editable Word text at its original position, size and colour. Reflowed mode runs a full layout analysis instead, rebuilding headings, lists, columns and tables as flowing Word structure that is easier to edit at length.

Are my files uploaded to a server?

No. Convert PDF to Word (DOCX) runs as JavaScript inside your own browser tab. Your file is read from your device into browser memory and the result is saved back as a download, so nothing is transmitted.

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