Convert between PDF and Word without uploading your document
This converter handles text-based conversions in both directions, preserving structure — not just raw text. PDF to Word produces a genuine .docx file with headings, bold/italic runs and paragraph breaks intact. Word to PDF reads the DOCX's underlying formatting and renders matching headings, emphasis and list bullets. Both run locally — your document is parsed in your browser's memory, never sent anywhere.
PDF to Word
The converter reads your PDF page by page, groups text into lines and paragraphs by position, detects larger/bold text as headings, and builds a genuine .docx file that opens natively in Microsoft Word or Google Docs — no compatibility-mode warning. It works best on text-based PDFs — for scanned documents, run the OCR Reader first to make the text recognizable. Tables, multi-column layouts and images are not reconstructed.
Word to PDF
For DOCX files, the tool reads the document's underlying XML directly from the file's ZIP structure — including heading styles, bold/italic runs and list formatting — and rebuilds it as a paginated PDF with matching fonts and sizes. Tables, multiple columns and embedded images are not reconstructed in this lightweight, fully local conversion.
Will my document's formatting be preserved exactly?
Headings, bold/italic emphasis, paragraph breaks and list bullets are preserved in both directions. Complex visual layout — tables, multi-column pages and embedded images — is not reconstructed.
Does it work with scanned PDFs?
Not directly, since scanned pages have no selectable text. Run the OCR Reader tool first to extract text from the scan, then convert that text separately.
Does it support .doc files, or only .docx?
Word to PDF currently supports .docx files, since their XML-based format can be read directly in the browser without a server.
Can I edit the extracted text before saving it as Word?
The output is a standard editable Word-compatible file, so once it's downloaded you can open and edit it as normal in Word or Google Docs.
Using this in a Central Government office
The common case is a draft that arrived as a PDF and now has to be edited — a draft OM circulated for comments, a reply received from an attached office, a format that has to be adapted for a fresh case.
Where this comes up
- Reworking a received draft — converting a PDF DFA into an editable document so amendments can be made and tracked.
- Reusing a proforma that only exists as a PDF, where retyping the whole format is wasteful.
- Producing a PDF from a finalised Word draft for circulation, so formatting does not shift between machines.
What survives conversion and what does not
Conversion recovers the text. It does not reliably reproduce complex layout — multi-level tables, headers and footers, sidebars and precise spacing frequently come across differently, and government formats are unusually table-heavy. Treat the output as recovered text to be reformatted, not as a faithful copy. Always compare against the original before the document goes anywhere.
An important limitation
A scanned PDF contains images of text, not text. Conversion will produce an empty or near-empty document. Run it through the OCR reader first, then check the extracted text against the original — OCR misreads digits and initials more often than words, which matters when the document contains file numbers, dates and amounts.