OnlineFreeToolBoxHow-to guide
How to Convert PDF to Word
Converting a PDF to Word gives you a document you can actually edit — change the text, fix a typo, reuse a paragraph — instead of being stuck with a fixed file. This guide shows how to convert a PDF to a Word document for free, in your browser, including scanned PDFs, which are read with OCR. No sign-up, and your file never leaves your device.
How to Convert PDF to Word — step by step
- Choose a PDF with “Select PDF file”.
- Press “Convert to Word”.
- Download the Word document, named converted.docx.
- Open it in Word or a compatible editor and edit the text.
Tips
- Scanned PDFs work too. Pages with no text layer are read with OCR, so a scanned document converts as well — proofread the result, since OCR can misread characters.
- Expect plain paragraphs. The Word file keeps your text, text sizes and page breaks, but not bold or heading styles — reapply those in Word after converting.
- Check the page breaks. Each PDF page becomes a page break in the Word document, which keeps the layout close to the original.
Frequently asked questions
Will the Word file look like the PDF?
No. It contains the extracted text as fresh paragraphs, with a page break for each PDF page.
Does it keep headings and bold text?
No. The output is plain paragraphs of extracted text, without heading styles or bold formatting. You can reapply headings and bold in Word after conversion, using the text as your starting point.
Can it convert a scanned PDF?
Yes. Pages with no text layer are read with OCR in your browser, so scanned PDFs convert too. The text is recovered, but OCR can misread characters and scanned tables come back as text lines rather than a Word table — proofread the result.