Convert PDF to Word — free

Upload the PDF and pick Word as the target. Text-layer PDFs convert in seconds with paragraph structure, headings and tables preserved. Image-only scanned PDFs run through OCR first so the .docx is editable text, not pictures of text. Open the result in Word, Google Docs or Pages and start editing right away.

Headings become Word heading styles, paragraph spacing is preserved, bullet lists become real bulleted lists, numbered lists become numbered, and tables become Word tables you can edit cell-by-cell. Fonts are mapped to the nearest Office equivalent (Calibri, Times New Roman, Arial) when the original font is not available on your machine.

Yes. The tool detects when a PDF has no text layer and routes it through the OCR engine before generating the .docx. That makes it possible to edit old scanned contracts, fax-back forms, photographed exam papers and historical documents that were never digital to begin with.

Yes. The output is a standards-compliant Office Open XML .docx that loads cleanly in Word 2010+, Office 365, Word Online, Google Docs (upload-and-open), Apple Pages, LibreOffice Writer and most mobile word processors. No conversion popups, no missing fonts dialog and no layout breakage on the round-trip.

Yes. Embedded images and charts are preserved as inline pictures in the .docx with their original positioning maintained as closely as the Word layout engine allows. Complex vector charts may flatten to images — for full data fidelity on charts and tables, use the PDF to Excel converter alongside this one.

Files are deleted within 24 hours — unless you explicitly share a result, which keeps it at a public link anyone who has it can open for up to 30 days — never used for training, never shared. No watermark is added to the .docx. The tool is used daily by paralegals, HR teams and freelance contractors to update old contracts and proposal templates without privacy risk.

No — PDF to Word always runs OCR automatically in the background with no visible engine or language picker, so it defaults to English-optimized text detection. If a scanned PDF in another language or a non-Latin script (Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, Hindi) comes back garbled, run it through PDF to Text first, pick the matching Engine and Language there to confirm a clean extraction, then trust that same source file for the Word conversion.

You can convert PDF to Word free to preview; create a free account to download without a watermark. Premium raises the upload limit to 50 MB and Pro to 120 MB. The Free plan covers everyday conversions; heavy or batch use is where a paid plan helps. Your file is processed on secure servers and deleted automatically after the conversion.

No — there is nothing to install and no Adobe subscription required. The converter runs in your browser: upload the PDF, our servers rebuild it as an editable .docx with fonts and layout preserved, and you download the result. It works the same on Windows, Mac and mobile, and the file opens cleanly in Word, Google Docs, Pages and LibreOffice.

Yes — Pixoate supports batch and bulk processing. Switch to Batch mode, add up to 60 PDFs on Premium or 200 on Pro, set your options once, and every PDF is processed with the same settings before you download a single ZIP. Bulk processing is a Premium feature; the output uses the same quality and settings as single mode.

Yes — with bulk processing you configure the settings a single time and they apply to every item in the batch — up to 60 PDFs on Premium or 200 on Pro. There is no need to repeat the setup per item, and Temporary uploaded and generated files are processed securely and deleted automatically.