How to convert a PDF file to Word format


 

If you sometime has a PDF document you would like to edit or maybe add your own notes to, this post is something that will interest you for sure. You can of cause buy a very expensive program from Adobe or you can use this free online tool that I will tell you about below.

PDF to Word Converter (Free Online service)

PDF_Word

On www.pdftowordconverter.org you can convert your PDF files to Word format for free. All you have to do is to upload your PDF file and enter in your e-mail address. Shortly after you have uploaded the file you will receive an e-mail with a link where you can download your file in Word format (.doc). I have tested the free service myself and it is indeed very simple. I printed a standard Windows test page with my BioPDF printer and uploaded it to the online service. Shortly after I got an e-mail with a link to the document converted to .doc Word format. I opened the document with Microsoft Word and was able to edit the text like in any other Word document. The file will be stored online for 24 hours before it will be deleted again.

Consider what you upload

As always, when you upload your data to an free online service, you might want to consider what kind of data you upload. You should never upload sensitive data to a free online service. Not even that they promise to delete all your data within 24 hours.

FreePDFToWordConverter

Able2Extract

Able2ExtractIf you need to convert multiple documents you might want to buy Able2Extract instead of using the online version. You can download a Free 7 days Trial version of Able2Extract to check it out. Able2Extract is available for Windows, Mac and Linux systems. Able2Extract is also able to convert PDF to Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher and a couple of other formats. With Able2Extract you can also configure Batch conversion of multiple files if you need to convert a big amount of files. Able2Extract is created by Investintech.com that also makes other products used to convert files. A single user license is available for only $99.95. Before you download the 7 days trial version, let me just inform you that it is limited to convert only 3 pages at the time. If you like the Trial version you can activate it to a full version if you end up buying the program.

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31 Thoughts to “How to convert a PDF file to Word format”

  1. Enstine Muki

    Hi Thomas,
    Useful piece of software and thanks for sharing it. I save it for future use

    1. You are welcome Enstine. Always nice with some free tools to get the work done.

  2. There’re many ways to do the same. I didn’t know this…! Thanks for sharing Thomas.

  3. amely hopes

    Thanks mate for the share really saved a lot of time 🙂 cheers

  4. chiru

    Hi Thomas,
    Thanks for sharing the great software.
    you need to share “word to pdf” as well..

  5. Juan

    i always convert files to pdf but never intent to convert it from pdf to word format… 🙂

    1. I know Juan, but sometimes I have a PDF I would like to edit for some reason and then this service is awesome.

  6. vicky

    This software is very useful. Able2Extract is good for converting PDF files in to MS-word files format. But it is only free for 7 days.

  7. Lola Stoney

    Hi Thomas,
    I use Adobe Acrobat Professional to carry out my PDF to Word conversion. However, I am not satisfied with some of the outputs – especially when trying to convert a complex document to Word.

    I will try the PDFtoWordConverter and see if it’s any better. Many thanks this your post .

  8. I’ve used this one.It’s pretty convenient..Conversion happens really fast.I would recommend this to everyone looking for a fast and easy way to convert pdf file to word.

  9. Ali Khan

    I used the online service and it was super-fast and convenient for those last minute conversions, thanks a bunch for this 🙂

  10. Arslan Shoukat

    Informative article, Thomas. But i want to know how to convert word format to pdf. Hope you write post about it.

    1. Hi Arslan
      That one is easy. You simply just select the Save As command and choose PDF from the dropdown menu. All newer version of Office are able to save directly in Word format. Alternately you can install a PDF printer like e.g. BioPDF or CutePDF.

  11. Rashmi Sinha

    Great post!!!
    It is often necessary to convert one file type to another for a particular use. If we can do it online for free , then how cool is that!!! Easy, convenient and safe!!!
    Thanks Thomas for this great share.

  12. I use PDF to Word Converter free online software regularly. But by reading your site I understand there are lots of software.

    Thanks for share

  13. Ardiv Jauhari

    Urgh, if only I found out about this sooner. I had to download a software with over 1gb+ in size just to convert my pdf file to word and now my pc is laggier than ever before!

  14. digiee

    really this seems to be a nice way. but can you please tell me if there is any other alternative to do the same off line.

    1. There is something called Nitro Software that might be what you are looking for: http://www.pdftoword.com/

  15. George Tent

    I used to convert PDF to word or word to PDF online. It was time consuming to search the website and convert. Sometimes it didn’t convert the file correctly. So i was a brain box for me. But office 2010 makes it easy for me by providing PDF option in the SAVE AS menu. But no option for PDF to Word is available. So you solved my problem by providing these useful softwares…..great work bro. keep sharing useful stuff….thumbs up.

  16. Hi Thomas,

    I have occasionally used the online converters. But I had never thought about bulk conversion. thanks for sharing info about AbleExtract software. 🙂

  17. Lei Broch

    Thank you for sharing this very useful software. Now, I can convert pdf files to word format.

  18. Very useful post, many of us must have surely looked for some software that converts PDF into Word. I am also interested in knowing if there is any software that can convert Word into PDF.

  19. I am a big fan of Apple products so I am using their “PDF to Word converter” which is pretty good. I also used some free converters but I had surprises from time to time. I testes the trial version of Able2Extract few years ago but I was not impressed. Maybe they may have enhanced their product meanwhile.

  20. This application is really useful and the best part is that it’s free. I was also looking for software that would help me convert from Word to PDF. Of course, if such a software is also available for free like the “PDF to Word” application then it would be great.

    1. Hi Jerry
      There is a lot of free PDF printers out there that can convert to PDF files. One of my favourite is BioPDF: http://www.biopdf.com/

  21. pavan

    Hi Thomas
    thank you for sharing this online conversion tool

  22. Gautam

    Great article on Converting Pdf files To work and in this way many Can take advantage of it.

  23. I liked the first tool you mentioned as it is available online, And I successfully converted my pdf files to word formats.
    thanks a lot.

  24. Manohar Tn

    this is what i am looking for how to convert pdf notes to normal word…..Thanks thomas…

  25. Rahul Sharma

    That’s a good online tool. I always prefer word files as compared to pdf files.
    Thanks for sharing.

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