Convert your .pdf files to .docx format online. No software to install.
Free account: 10 conversions a month. Pro: 100 a month.
Drag and drop your .pdf file or click to browse.
Select DOCX as your output format.
Click Convert and download your .docx file.
PDF files lock your content in a fixed, read-only layout. Converting PDF to DOCX unlocks the text, tables, and images so you can edit them freely in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or LibreOffice. This is essential when you receive a contract that needs revisions, a report that needs updating, or any document where you need to change the content rather than just view it.
PDF (Portable Document Format, introduced in 1993) uses Flate, JPEG, JPEG2000, JBIG2, CCITT for embedded content compression. DOCX (Office Open XML Document, introduced in 2007) uses ZIP (containing XML parts) compression. PDF browser support: Universal (built-in PDF viewers in all major browsers). DOCX browser support: None (requires office application or online viewer).
Text-based PDFs convert with high fidelity — paragraphs, headings, and basic tables are usually preserved accurately. However, complex layouts with multiple columns, text boxes, watermarks, or heavily designed pages may require manual cleanup after conversion. Scanned PDFs (which are essentially images of pages) need OCR processing first to extract the text.
Typical PDF file size: A 10-page text document: ~100-300 KB; with images: ~1-10 MB. Typical DOCX file size: A 20-page report with images: ~500 KB - 5 MB.
If the PDF was created by scanning paper documents, run OCR first to extract the text layer. For PDFs with complex layouts (multi-column newsletters, designed brochures), expect to spend time reformatting after conversion. The simpler the original PDF layout, the cleaner the DOCX output.
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SquishConvert supports over 358 file conversion combinations across images, documents, audio, and video.
Your converted .docx file maintains the best possible quality. No unnecessary compression or quality loss.
Free account: 10 conversions a month. Pro: 100 a month.
It depends on the file size and on the queue at our provider. Small files usually take a few seconds.
Your file is sent over an encrypted connection to our provider CloudConvert, which converts it and deletes it after the conversion, within 24 hours at most. Details in our Privacy Policy.
Free users can convert files up to 10 MB. Pro users can convert files up to 500 MB.