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New: PDF to Word, with Arabic and scanned-file support

Turn a PDF into a Word document you can actually edit: real paragraphs, headings, lists and tables, Arabic right to left, and OCR for scans.

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The most requested tool is here. PDF to Word converts a PDF into a DOCX file you can open in Word, Google Docs or LibreOffice, and it is built to give you something you can edit, not a page of floating text boxes.

What you get

  • Real paragraphs. Lines that wrap in the PDF are joined back into paragraphs, and hyphenated words are repaired.
  • Headings and bullet lists. Larger text is detected from the font size and becomes Heading 1, 2 or 3; bullets stay as lists.
  • Tables. Figures laid out in aligned columns become real Word tables.
  • Arabic. Arabic paragraphs are set right to left, so they behave correctly when you edit them.
  • Scans. If the PDF has no selectable text, it is read with OCR first, in English, Arabic or both.

Two ways to convert

Mode Best for Trade-off
Editable text Contracts, reports, CVs and anything you want to change Images and exact positions are not reproduced
Keep layout Pages where the position of every element matters, or that contain images Every piece of text sits in its own text box, so it is harder to edit

How to use it

  1. Open PDF to Word and drop your PDF in.
  2. Choose Editable text or Keep layout. For a scan, pick the language of the text.
  3. Press Process and download the Word file.

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Good to know

  • Check mixed lines. A line that mixes Arabic and English can come out in a slightly different order. Give those a quick look.
  • Proofread scans. No text recognition is perfect, so check names and numbers.
  • Password-protected PDFs cannot be read. Remove the password first with Unlock PDF, then convert.
  • Limits. Guests can convert files up to 10 MB; a free account raises that to 50 MB. Your file is deleted automatically after about 30 minutes, and there is no watermark.

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