PDF to Word Converter — Free, Private, In-Browser (.docx)

Text extraction works; faithful layout reproduction does not

A browser-based PDF-to-Word converter extracts the text layer — every word your PDF contains is there — but cannot pixel-clone the layout. A multi-column annual report comes out as one tall column. A table's rows become paragraphs and its columns dissolve. Text layered over figures disappears. This is not a bug; it is the ceiling of what text extraction can do. Keeping the PDF is the only way to preserve exact fidelity.

Headings, paragraphs, and bullets are reconstructed automatically

The tool reads each PDF page's positioned text items and reorders them into a logical document structure. Font size is measured in points and lines are grouped by their y-position on the page. Larger text (around 1.5× the page's median font size) becomes a first-level heading, text at about 1.15× becomes a second-level heading, and a line starting with •, - or a number like 12. becomes a bullet. Every PDF page becomes its own .docx section, so the original pagination is preserved.

Scanned PDFs and text inside images need OCR first

If a PDF has no text layer — a flat scanner output, for instance — there is nothing to extract. The tool detects this and marks those pages with a note. Run PDF OCR first to turn the images into text, then convert to Word. The same applies to words baked into an illustration or screenshot.

Convert multiple PDFs at once

Drop several PDFs and each converts to its own .docx. Download them individually or take the lot as a .zip. Password-protected PDFs are supported: the tool prompts for the password and unlocks the file, but the Word output carries no password — conversion rewrites the document and the encryption does not survive. Encrypt the result separately if you need it locked. For a lighter-weight text format, see the PDF to Markdown Converter.