How to convert PDF to Word
- Choose your PDF — it is read locally by your browser.
- Check the extraction summary (pages and characters found).
- Optionally set a document title, then download the .docx.
What this converter does (and doesn’t)
It rebuilds your PDF’s text — merging broken lines back into paragraphs and detecting headings — and writes a clean, fully editable Word document. It does not reproduce the page layout, images, tables or columns. For documents where you need the text (assignments, reports, notices, articles, CVs to re-edit), that is exactly what you want; for forms with precise layout, edit the PDF directly with our PDF Editor instead.
Scanned PDFs (photos of pages) contain no text layer — run them through Image to Text (OCR) first. Nepali PDFs typed in legacy fonts extract as garbled letters; fix that with Preeti to Unicode.
Why in-browser conversion is better
- Private: contracts, marksheets and citizenship scans never touch a server.
- Free and unlimited: no daily caps, signups or watermarks.
- Offline-capable: once loaded, it converts without internet — useful on slow connections.
Frequently asked questions
Is my PDF uploaded to a server?
No. The whole conversion runs inside your browser using pdf.js and the docx library — the file never leaves your device, which also means it works offline once the page is loaded.
Does it keep my PDF's layout, images and tables?
No — and that's a deliberate trade-off. The tool extracts the text with detected headings and paragraphs so the Word file is genuinely editable and reflowable. Tools that promise pixel-perfect layout usually produce text boxes that are painful to edit.
Why is my converted file almost empty?
Your PDF is probably scanned — images of pages with no text layer. Use our Image to Text (OCR) tool on the pages first, then paste the recognised text into Word.
Does it work with Nepali (Devanagari) PDFs?
Yes, if the PDF has a proper Unicode text layer. However, many Nepali PDFs use legacy fonts (like Preeti) whose extracted text looks garbled — convert that text with our Preeti to Unicode tool after extraction.
Is there a file size or page limit?
No hard limit — but very large PDFs take longer since everything happens on your device. Hundreds of pages are fine on a normal phone or laptop.