How to convert PDFs to Word
Follow these easy steps to turn a PDF into a Microsoft Word document:
- Click the Select a file button above or drag and drop a file into the drop zone.
- Select the PDF you want to convert to the DOCX file format.
- Watch Acrobat automatically convert the file from PDF to an editable Word document.
- Download your file. If you use the tool again, you may be asked to sign in to download it.
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Turn PDFs into editable Word files
It’s quick and easy to convert a PDF into a Word document with the Adobe Acrobat online tool. Drag and drop your PDF, then download the converted Word file.
Convert PDF to DOCX fast
Acrobat turns PDF files into the DOCX file format in seconds. When you convert PDF files with our Word conversion tool, your formatting will look as expected.
Edit your Word file for free
After you use our PDF to Word converter tool, you can edit the converted file in Microsoft Word for the web right from Acrobat. All you have to do is sign in.
Download or share your file
You can download your converted file with a click or by signing in. You can also share your new file with others when you sign in.
Work online from anywhere
You can use Acrobat online tools in any web browser, such as Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome. It also works on Mac, Windows, iOS, Android and Linux operating systems.
Use the best PDF to Word converter
Adobe invented the PDF file format, so you can trust the high-quality of our PDF tools. Try our online PDF to Word tool to create a Word doc with confidence.
Questions? We have answers.
As the inventor of the PDF file format, Adobe makes sure our Acrobat PDF to Word converter preserves your document formatting. When you use our online conversion tool, your fonts, images and alignments will look as expected. The converted file is an editable Word document that you can start using straightaway in Microsoft Word online.
You can also try Adobe Acrobat Pro free for seven days to convert files to and from Microsoft 365, edit PDF documents with PDF editor tools, edit scanned documents using optical character recognition (OCR) functionality, merge PDFs, organise or rotate PDF pages, split PDFs, reduce file size and convert HTML, TXT, RTF, PNG, JPG, BMP and other formats to PDF.
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