About the PDF to Word
PDFs are great for sharing but painful to edit. This converter reads the text layer of your PDF — the actual characters, page by page — and lets you export it as a .docx Word file you can edit in Microsoft Word, Google Docs or any editor. It uses Mozilla's PDF.js engine running locally, so even confidential documents stay on your machine.
You can review and clean up the extracted text before exporting, which is useful because PDF layouts (columns, tables, headers) don't always map perfectly to a linear document. Besides Word, you can export to plain text or a fresh PDF. Everything is free and unlimited.
Important: this tool extracts the text layer, so it works with digitally-created (text-based) PDFs. If your PDF is a scan — essentially images of pages with no text layer — use the Image to Text (OCR) tool instead to recognise the characters first.
How to use the PDF to Word
- 1Upload your PDF file.
- 2Click “Convert to text” to extract the document's text.
- 3Review and edit the result if needed.
- 4Click “Download Word” to save a .docx (or export TXT/PDF).
Key benefits
- Private — your PDF is never uploaded.
- Editable .docx output for Word or Google Docs.
- Free and unlimited, no watermark.
- Also exports TXT and PDF.
Real-world examples
Edit a contract
Pull the text out of a PDF contract to revise it in Word.
Reuse report content
Extract a report's text instead of retyping it.
Quote from a paper
Copy passages from a text-based PDF quickly.
Frequently asked questions
Is my PDF uploaded to a server?+
No. Text extraction runs entirely in your browser using PDF.js; nothing is uploaded.
My PDF converted to an empty file — why?+
The PDF is probably a scan (images only) with no text layer. Use the Image to Text (OCR) tool on each page image instead.
Does it keep the original layout, fonts and images?+
It extracts the text content, not the exact visual layout. Complex columns, tables and images are not reproduced — the goal is editable text.
Is there a file-size or page limit?+
No hard limit — you're bound only by your device's memory, since processing is local. Very large PDFs simply take longer.