How to convert PDF to Word online
When you need to reuse the wording of a PDF, converting it to a Word document saves retyping. Here is how to do it in a browser.
Go straight to the PDF to Word converter if you already know what to do.
Step-by-step
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Open the converter
Go to the PDF to Word converter and add the PDF you want to reuse.
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Start the extraction
Press the convert button. The text layer of each page is read in reading order.
- 3
Download the DOCX
Save the Word file from the results list.
- 4
Tidy the document
Open it in Word, Google Docs or LibreOffice and adjust headings and spacing to taste.
Things worth knowing
Scanned PDFs are different
A PDF made from photographs of pages has no text layer, so nothing can be extracted. You would need OCR software for that.
What carries over
Words and paragraph order transfer well. Multi-column layouts, tables and exact page positioning are simplified.
Locked files
If the PDF asks for a password, remove it with the unlock tool first.