How to convert a PDF to Word in your browser
Turn a PDF into an editable Word (.docx) document — keeping its text, images, tables and links in reading order — entirely in your browser, with an on-device OCR fallback for scanned files.
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PDF to Word turns a PDF into an editable Word (.docx) document right in your browser — the file is never uploaded to a server, so nothing about it leaves your device.
Before you start
- PDF to Word is free and doesn't need an account.
- Everything runs locally. Unlike most online converters, AttachKit never uploads your PDF — you can open your browser's DevTools network tab and watch.
- If the PDF needs a password to open, remove it first with Unlock; the converter can't read a locked file's text.
- Know what the converter honestly does: it rebuilds the document's structure from the PDF's text layer, not a pixel-perfect clone. Exact fonts and complex multi-column layout aren't reproduced — see the list below for what does come through.
Steps
- Open PDF to Word.
- Drop your PDF onto the drop zone, or click it to pick a file.
- Choose an image quality. Smaller file is selected by default (see the table below).
- Click Convert to Word. The button shows "Converting…" while it works — all of it in your browser.
- When it finishes you'll see "Converted to Word. Your .docx file is ready — download it below."
- Click Download Word (.docx). The file saves with your PDF's name and a
.docxextension — the original PDF is untouched.
| Option | What it does | Trade-off |
|---|---|---|
| Smaller file | Embeds the PDF's recovered images as compressed JPEG — best for sharing. | Slight image quality loss. |
| Best quality | Embeds lossless PNG images, pixel-exact. | A noticeably larger .docx. |
What the conversion recovers
- Real paragraphs in reading order. Wrapped lines are merged back into prose (words split across a line break are re-joined), and multi-column pages are read column by column on text-only pages.
- Headings. Noticeably larger type is promoted to Word's Heading 1 and Heading 2 styles.
- Bold and italic where the PDF's embedded font names expose them, plus clearly coloured text (coloured headings, red warnings) — black text stays the document default.
- Tables. Bordered tables become real Word tables with a styled header row, not flattened text.
- Hyperlinks. Link annotations in the PDF stay clickable in the .docx.
- Images. Figures, logos and charts are recovered in your browser and embedded at their on-page size, in reading order.
- Bullets, alignment and page breaks. Bulleted lines become real Word lists, centered/right-aligned paragraphs keep their alignment, and PDF pages are separated by real page breaks.
Scanned PDFs
A scanned or image-only PDF has no text layer, so there's nothing to convert directly. The tool tells you ("This PDF has no text layer — it looks scanned") and offers OCR & convert to Word: it recognizes the text on every page on-device (nothing is uploaded), shows per-page progress, and then runs the same conversion from the recognized text. The inline OCR reads English; for other languages, run the file through Searchable (OCR) first and pick the language there.
Result
You get an editable .docx created entirely on your device — structured text with the original's images, tables and links, ready to edit in Word, Google Docs or LibreOffice. Click Convert another to start over with a new file. If you actually wanted a spreadsheet or images, the result screen links straight to PDF to Excel and PDF to JPG/PNG.
Related
- PDF to Word troubleshooting — scanned files, password errors, layout differences
- Searchable (OCR) — full OCR tool with a language picker
- Unlock — remove a password so the PDF can be converted
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