How to use it
- Choose the PDF. Its page count appears under the name.
- Click Convert to Word. The pages are read one by one; a long file takes a little longer.
- Click Download to save the .docx file, then open it in Word, LibreOffice or Google Docs.
What is kept and what is not
The text is kept with its paragraphs, its headings and its bold and italic words. A line that is much larger than the body text becomes a heading, and a gap between lines that is larger than a normal line starts a new paragraph. Each page after the first starts on a new Word page. A wide gap in a line becomes a tab, so simple tables keep their columns.
The layout is rebuilt, not copied. Pictures, drawings, exact fonts, colours and positions are not kept, and table borders become plain lines of text, not Word tables. Headers and footers become ordinary paragraphs. Several columns on one page can be joined into one line. Right-to-left text, such as Arabic, is marked as right-to-left, but its order is the order the PDF stores it.
Scanned pages
A scanned PDF is a picture of each page and holds no text, so there is nothing to convert, and no Word file is made. To read a scanned PDF, use PDF OCR, which reads its pages with OCR in your browser, or PDF to Text for a PDF that already holds text.
Your file stays on your device
The PDF is read with the open-source pdf.js library and the Word file is written with the open-source fflate library, both in your browser. Neither the PDF nor the Word file is sent anywhere, and nothing is stored after you leave the page.
Example: a 2-page report
Page 1 has the title Annual Report in 20 point type, the heading Summary in 14 point bold, and two lines of 11 point text that are one paragraph. The Word file gets Heading 1 for the title, Heading 2 for Summary, and one paragraph: Sales grew in the second half of the year.
Page 2 has one line of text. It is a paragraph of its own, and it starts on a new Word page.
Frequently asked questions
Are my files uploaded?
No. The PDF is read and the Word file is made in your browser. Neither file is sent to our server, and nothing is stored after you close the page.
Will the Word file look exactly like the PDF?
No. The text, headings, bold and italic words and page breaks are kept, but the layout is rebuilt in Calibri, without the pictures, the exact positions and the colours. Check the document against the PDF, and adjust the styles in Word where needed.
Why are my tables not Word tables?
The columns of a simple table stay in place as tab stops, but the cells are not Word table cells. To turn them into a table, select the lines in Word and use Insert, Table, Convert Text to Table.
Why can I not convert my scanned PDF?
A scanned PDF holds pictures and no text, so there is nothing to convert. Use PDF OCR, which reads the pictures of the pages in your browser, and then edit the text it finds.
Sources
- pdf.js, the open-source library that reads the PDF in your browser
- fflate, the open-source library that writes the .docx file in your browser
Figures and text last checked on Saturday, November 14, 2026.