Drop a PDF to convert to Word
Extracts real, editable text — processed entirely in your browser
Max file size: 50MB
What is this tool?
Converts a PDF into an editable Microsoft Word (.docx) document. Handles text-based, scanned, and hybrid PDFs (a mix of both in the same file) automatically -- each page is judged on its own, so a scanned page mixed into an otherwise text-based document still gets read correctly instead of coming out blank. Images embedded in a text-based PDF (photos, logos, diagrams) are extracted and included in the Word file. A page that's mostly a graphic or illustration, where OCR wouldn't produce anything meaningful, is embedded as an image instead of forcing garbled, nonsensical text into the document.
How to use it
Upload your PDF and the tool converts it automatically. If your document has tables, turn on "This PDF contains tables" first so they convert into real, editable Word tables instead of plain text. If any part of it turns out to be a scan or photo with no selectable text, that part is automatically read with OCR instead -- this takes noticeably longer per page, since it has to be read visually rather than just having its text copied out. If a scanned page might contain Hindi text alongside English, turn that on too before converting. Download the resulting .docx file and open it in Word or any compatible editor to make your changes.
Table detection works well for a page that's entirely a clean, grid-aligned table (a plain price list or invoice). It does not reliably handle a page that mixes a table with regular paragraphs -- utility bills and account statements are a common example, since they combine a small table with surrounding prose. On pages like that, expect garbled or fragmented cells rather than a clean table; leave table mode off and edit the converted text manually in Word instead. One honest limitation that remains: an image embedded *within* a page of scanned text (rather than a real text-based PDF) isn't separately extracted -- OCR reads the text, but a photo or stamp sitting inside a scanned page doesn't get pulled out as its own image the way it would from a text-based PDF's real image objects.
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