Extract a PDF's text into an editable Word (.docx) file
Extracts text and paragraph breaks — doesn't reproduce exact layout, images, or tables. See below for what to expect.
It pulls the text out of your PDF, keeps paragraph breaks, and puts it into a Word document you can edit — with a page break between each original PDF page.
Upload your PDF (click or drag it in).
Press "Convert to Word."
Download the .docx and edit it in any word processor.
Letters, articles, contracts, and reports that are mostly running text.
Need to change a few words in a PDF you no longer have the source file for.
Pull text out of a PDF to paste into another document.
A scanned PDF is a picture of a page, not real text, so there's nothing here to extract. Run it through an OCR tool first to get real text, then convert that.
Yes — your file is processed in memory during the request and never written to disk or stored anywhere. No account or sign-up required.
No. This tool extracts the text and paragraph breaks into a plain, editable Word document — it doesn't reproduce columns, exact positioning, images, tables, or fonts from the original PDF. It's built for getting text out to edit, not for a visual copy.
No, not on its own. A scanned PDF is really just images of pages, with no underlying text to extract. Run it through an OCR tool first, then convert the result.
They aren't carried over. Only the extractable text and its paragraph structure make it into the Word file.
A standard .docx file that opens in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice, or any compatible word processor, with a page break between each original PDF page.
Not directly — remove the password first with a tool like our PDF Password Remover, then convert the unlocked file.
Yes — your file is processed in memory during the request and never written to disk or stored anywhere. No account or sign-up required.
Need to go the other way — Word to PDF? Try Doc to PDF. Need an OCR pass on a scan first? Try OCR Document Reader.