PDF to Word
Convert a PDF to a .docx file three ways: real editable text and images with Advanced, the exact original look with Visual, or plain editable text with Text.
Conversion mode
Frequently asked questions
What's the difference between the Advanced, Visual and Text modes?
Advanced mode reads each page's real text and font sizes from the PDF and rebuilds them as genuine, selectable/editable Word paragraphs in reading order, plus the page's embedded images placed inline where they roughly appeared. Visual mode renders each page as a full-page image, so it looks exactly like the original PDF, but nothing on it is editable since it's a picture, not text. Text mode extracts the text with no layout, fonts or images at all - just plain editable lines.
Does Advanced mode preserve everything exactly like the original?
No - it's an approximate reconstruction, not a pixel-perfect copy. Word documents flow rather than using absolute page coordinates, so text blocks and images are placed in top-to-bottom reading order as normal paragraphs rather than pinned to their exact original position. Only text and embedded raster images are rebuilt; vector graphics such as shapes, rules or colored backgrounds aren't, so pages built mostly from vector art will look sparse. It works best on text-heavy PDFs (reports, articles, exported documents) - use Visual mode when exact appearance matters more than editability.
How do I convert PDF to Word without losing formatting?
Use Visual mode. It renders each page as a full-page image and places it in the .docx, so fonts, layout, columns and images look exactly like the original PDF. The trade-off, true to how this works everywhere, not just here, is that the text in that image isn't selectable or editable, since it's a picture, not text.
Is my PDF uploaded to a server?
No, all three modes run entirely in your browser using pdf.js and the docx library. Nothing is sent anywhere.