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PDF to Word, editable and private

Quick answer: Choose a PDF and press Convert. You get a .docx with editable paragraphs, headings, bullets, tables, two-column pages, repeated headers/footers and pictures, with fonts, sizes, bold/italic and alignment copied from the PDF; scanned pages and Urdu text are read with OCR. It runs in your browser, so the file is never uploaded. Layout is close, not identical: check it in Word before you submit.

PDF to Word (.docx)

Editable text, headings, bullets, tables and pictures. Scanned English pages are read with OCR.

Choose a PDFTap to choose, or drag and drop here

The conversion runs on your device with open-source JavaScript libraries that load from this site. Your file is never uploaded, stored or sent to any server, so CVs, forms and certificates stay private. Limit: 25 MB and 60 pages per file.

How to convert PDF to Word (3 steps)

  1. Choose the PDF. A CV, application form, notice, assignment or notes. Password-protected files must be unlocked first.
  2. Convert. Each page is analysed in your browser: paragraphs, headings, bullet lists, tables and images are rebuilt; pages without text are read with OCR.
  3. Download and check. Open the .docx in Word, Google Docs or WPS, fix any spacing, then edit or save it as you need.

What converts well, and what does not

We tested this converter on a fixed set of documents and compared it with a server-side engine (pdf2docx) before publishing. These are the honest results, not marketing claims.

PDF typeResultWhat to expect
Digital PDF with English text (CV, letter, notes, exported from Word or Google Docs)GoodAbout 97% of words in the right paragraphs; headings, bold, italic and bullets kept. Fonts and exact spacing approximate.
Tables with regular rows and columnsGoodReal Word tables. Merged cells or wrapped cell text may need fixing.
Pictures and logosGoodEmbedded as images at their place on the page.
Scanned or photographed pages (English)FairOCR gives roughly 90–95% of words on a clean scan. Proof-read names and numbers. Handwriting is not read.
Urdu in Naskh-style fonts (Arial, Tahoma, Noto Naskh), scanned or digitalFair to goodRead by OCR on your device: about 95–98% of characters in our test, right-to-left paragraphs, English words on the same line kept.
Urdu in Nastaliq (InPage, Jameel Noori, newspaper ads)WeakOpen-source OCR reads only about 65% of characters, so pages that come back with low confidence are kept as pictures. No free engine does Nastaliq well yet; cloud OCR (Azure) is better but would mean uploading your file.
Multi-column magazines, forms with boxes, text over imagesFairText comes through, layout often does not. Reflow in Word.

Why no PDF to Word converter is 100% perfect

A PDF file is a set of drawing instructions: put this letter at this position, draw this line here. It has no idea of paragraphs, tables or reading order. A converter has to guess them from the positions of the letters. Good guesses give a clean Word file for ordinary documents; unusual layouts need manual fixing. Adobe, Microsoft and the big online converters work with the same limitation, which is why they also ask you to "review the result".

Typical uses in Pakistan

Frequently asked questions

All answers, in full:

How do I convert a PDF to Word for free?
Tap the box above, choose the PDF and press Convert to Word. A .docx file downloads within seconds. No sign-up, no watermark, no upload: the work happens inside your browser.
Will the Word file look exactly like the PDF?
No converter can promise that, including paid ones. A PDF stores letters at fixed positions, not paragraphs. This tool rebuilds paragraphs, headings, bullet points, bold and italic text, tables with regular columns and pictures. Fonts, line breaks and spacing are approximate, so check the layout in Word before you submit.
Can it convert a scanned PDF or a photo PDF?
Yes, for English. Pages with no text layer are read with OCR (optical character recognition) on your device. In our test a clean 200-dpi scan came back with about 94% of the words correct, so proof-read names, CNIC numbers and dates. Faint, skewed or handwritten pages give poor results.
Does it work for Urdu PDFs?
Partly, and we measured it. Most Urdu PDFs (InPage, Nastaliq fonts, newspaper ads) do not contain real Unicode letters, so no converter can copy the text out. This tool therefore reads Urdu with OCR on your device: for Naskh-style fonts (Arial, Tahoma, Segoe, Noto Naskh) about 95–98% of characters came back correct in our test, and mixed Urdu + English lines keep both. For Nastaliq (Jameel Noori, InPage) the open-source engine managed only about 65% of characters, so low-confidence pages are kept as pictures instead of garbage text. Urdu paragraphs are placed right-to-left in Word.
Are tables kept?
Tables with clear rows and columns are converted into real Word tables (in our tests a 13 × 5 and a 5 × 3 table came through correctly). Tables with merged cells or text wrapped inside cells may come out as plain lines; fix them in Word with Insert → Table.
Why is there a 25 MB / 60 page limit?
Everything runs in your phone or PC memory. Larger files can crash the browser tab. Split a long PDF first (print a page range to PDF), convert the parts and join them in Word.
Is my PDF uploaded to a server?
No. The page loads open-source libraries (pdf.js, docx.js and tesseract.js) from educativz.com and runs them on your device. The PDF and the Word file never leave your browser, and we keep no copy.
Which app opens the .docx file?
Microsoft Word, LibreOffice Writer, WPS Office, Google Docs (upload to Drive) and the Word app on Android and iPhone all open it.

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Written and checked by the Educativz Editorial Team. Facts come from official sources listed above; see how we verify. Last checked: 1 November 2026. Conversion accuracy figures come from our own test set (English text, tables, images, a 200-dpi scan and Urdu samples) measured on 1 November 2026.