PDF to Word Converter: Extract Text to an Editable Document
Need to edit a PDF's content in Word? This tool reads each page's text layer and rebuilds it as paragraphs, with larger/bold lines kept as headings, then packages it into a Word-openable document (or plain .txt), entirely in your browser, no upload. It preserves the words, paragraph breaks and headings, not exact tables, multi-column layout or images. For a scanned (image-only) PDF, use our OCR tool instead.
Text-layer extraction only, best for PDFs created from documents (Word, Google Docs, etc.), not scanned images. Use the OCR tool for scanned documents.
How to use this tool
- Drop or choose a text-based PDF (not a scanned image).
- Wait a moment while text and structure are extracted page by page.
- Download as a Word-openable .doc file, with paragraphs and headings kept, or plain .txt.
- For scanned/image-only PDFs, use our OCR tool instead, this tool only reads existing text layers.
Frequently asked questions
Will this preserve the exact formatting, tables and images?
It rebuilds paragraphs and headings (lines in a larger/bolder font are kept as headings) using the PDF's text layer, but it does not reproduce exact tables, multi-column layout, fonts or embedded images, since that needs a full document-conversion engine rather than in-browser text extraction. For most editing needs (pulling a contract or article into Word to redline) the paragraph/heading structure is enough to work with immediately.
Why did I get an error or empty text?
This happens with scanned PDFs, where each page is really just a picture of text with no underlying text layer. There's nothing to extract in that case; use our OCR (Scanned PDF/Image to Text) tool instead, which reads the text out of the image itself.
Is my PDF uploaded to a server?
No, text extraction runs entirely in your browser using pdf.js. Your document never leaves your device.
Why a .doc file instead of .docx?
The .doc format generated here is actually HTML wrapped with a Word-compatible header: Word, Google Docs and LibreOffice all open it correctly and let you edit and re-save as .docx immediately. It avoids needing a heavy document-building library just to produce a valid file.