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Convert PDF to Word (.docx)

Extract the text from a PDF and download it as an editable Microsoft Word document. Your file never leaves your device.

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Note: This tool extracts the text from your PDF. Complex layouts, tables and images may not be preserved exactly. Scanned/image-only PDFs need OCR and are not supported here.
About this tool

Most "PDF to Word" services online ask you to upload your file, wait, and download a Word document of dubious fidelity — all while their servers keep a copy of whatever you sent. Our free PDF to Word converter does the same job in your browser. It extracts the text from each page of your PDF and writes it into a real .docx file that opens in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice and Pages.

The tool is built for one job: getting editable text out of a PDF as fast as possible. It is not trying to reproduce complex page layouts or magazine designs — for those you would need OCR on a scan and serious layout reflow. For the 90% of cases where you just want to copy, edit or reuse the wording inside a PDF, this is the quickest route.

How to use

How to use PDF to Word

  1. Drop the PDF into the upload zone, or click Select a PDF file. One file at a time keeps the process simple.
  2. Click "Convert to Word". The tool reads every page in order using PDF.js and pulls out the text content along with paragraph breaks.
  3. Wait a few seconds. Most documents convert in under five seconds. Very long PDFs (50+ pages) may take a little longer — the progress bar tells you which page is being read.
  4. Download the .docx file. It is named after your original PDF for easy filing, with a .docx extension.
  5. Open and clean up. Open the file in Word, Google Docs or Pages and apply your house style. The text is fully editable from the moment you open it.

Conversion preserves paragraph order and most line breaks. Complex layouts (multi-column magazine pages, heavy tables) will be linearised — convert and then reformat in Word.

Why use this

Why use our PDF to Word?

Real .docx output

Generates a genuine Office Open XML file — not a fake renamed PDF — so Word, Pages and Docs all open it cleanly.

No upload, no leak

Your PDF stays on your device. The whole conversion runs in JavaScript with PDF.js + docx.js.

Selectable, editable text

Every word is fully editable in Word — search, replace, restyle and translate as you normally would.

Unicode & multi-language

Handles non-Latin scripts (Urdu, Arabic, Cyrillic, CJK) as long as the PDF embeds them as text — not images.

No watermarks

The output Word doc has zero advertising, no signup wall, no "made with…" footer.

Cross-platform

Works in any modern browser on Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android. No app to install.

Who it’s for

Common use cases

  • Editing an old proposal you only have as a PDF. Convert, update prices and dates, re-export.
  • Translating a contract clause-by-clause. Get the text into Word so you can paste a translation alongside each paragraph.
  • Reusing a CV or resume. Recruiters often only have a PDF — convert it to docx to refresh formatting or add new experience.
  • Copying text out of a long report. If selecting and copying inside the PDF gives you junk text or breaks at the wrong places, conversion gives you a clean Word file you can copy from.
  • Building a study summary. Students extract key passages from PDF readings into a Word file to annotate and cite.
  • Editing a legal document. Lawyers reuse precedent clauses by pulling them out of an old PDF contract.
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Will my exact layout and formatting be preserved?
Most paragraph breaks and reading order are preserved. Things that may not survive perfectly: multi-column pages (they will be linearised), complex tables (cells become paragraphs), exact fonts (replaced by Word defaults), and embedded images (they are not currently extracted). For a faithful visual copy, keep the PDF; for editable text, this tool gives you that quickly.
Does it work on scanned PDFs?
Not on its own. Scanned PDFs are images of text, not text. You would need OCR first (Adobe, Tesseract, online tools) to make the PDF text-searchable, then run our converter. We are looking at adding optional in-browser OCR for scanned documents.
Is my PDF ever sent to a server?
No. PDF.js reads it in your browser, docx.js builds the Word file in your browser, and your browser downloads it locally. The Beusoft server only sees that the page was loaded — never the file.
What languages does it support?
Anything that is real Unicode text inside the PDF — including right-to-left scripts like Arabic and Urdu, and CJK scripts like Chinese, Japanese and Korean. The output Word file uses Unicode throughout.
Why are some characters showing as boxes or ? in Word?
That usually means the original PDF uses a custom-encoded font where character codes do not map to standard Unicode — common with older PDFs from typesetting software. Re-saving the original PDF via "Print to PDF" in Chrome or Edge often re-maps the text and produces a clean conversion on the second try.
How big a PDF can I convert?
There is no fixed limit. We have converted 500-page documents successfully on a desktop. On mobile browsers, keep the file under ~50 pages for responsive performance.
Can I batch-convert several PDFs at once?
Not yet. Convert one at a time. If batch is important to you and you would use it weekly, drop us a note — we ship features readers actually need.

Privacy & safety

PDF to Word conversion runs locally using PDF.js (Mozilla's PDF parser) and docx.js (open-source DOCX builder). Your file is never uploaded — there is no API call carrying its contents. We do not log file names, page counts, or document metadata.