PDF to Word

One flowing document with Word heading styles, real bulleted and numbered lists, tables with merged and shaded cells, pictures and charts in place, and the header and footer with live page numbers.

Choose a file to get started. It is processed on your device and never uploaded.

What you can do

  • One flowing document, not a text box per line — edit, and Word re-paginates
  • Headings become Word heading styles, so the navigation pane and table of contents work
  • Real bulleted and numbered lists, and paragraphs broken by a page joined back together
  • Tables with merged and shaded cells, a repeating header row, and tables split over pages made whole
  • Pictures and charts in place, and the running header and footer with live page numbers
  • Fonts, sizes, bold, italic, colours and justified text carried over; OCR for scanned pages

How to use PDF to Word

  1. Choose the PDF.
  2. Turn on OCR if it is a scan.
  3. Convert and open the .docx in Word, Google Docs or LibreOffice.

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Resize pages to A4, Letter or Legal, scaling the content to fit.

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Black out sensitive passages — and remove them for good.

Compress PDF

Make the file smaller, with the trade-off you choose.

Repair PDF

Fix a damaged or corrupt PDF that will not open properly.

PDF to Word: questions and answers

Will the Word document keep the formatting?

Yes. Headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, pictures, fonts, colours and alignment carry over, as Word’s own styles and tables — so the document stays easy to edit rather than being a page of positioned boxes.

Can I convert a scanned PDF to Word?

Yes. Turn on “Recognise text on scanned pages (OCR)” and the scan is read first, then written as editable paragraphs.

Are my files uploaded?

No. pdf-m8 processes documents in your browser, on your own device. Files are never sent to a server, so confidential documents stay private.