PDF to Word pulls the text out of a PDF and writes it into a .doc file that Word, LibreOffice and Google Docs all open normally. The extraction runs in your browser with the same PDF engine Firefox uses, so the file is never uploaded.
It recovers text, not design. Columns, tables, images and exact spacing are not rebuilt — you get clean, editable paragraphs in page order. When the point is to rewrite or reuse the words, that is usually what you wanted; when you need the original layout intact, edit the PDF directly instead.
How to use
Drop in a PDF that contains real text (not a photo of a page).
Press run — each page is read in order and turned into paragraphs.
Download the .doc file and open it in Word, LibreOffice or Google Docs.
FAQ
Is the layout preserved?
No. The tool extracts text in page order and produces editable paragraphs. Columns, tables, images and precise positioning are not reconstructed.
My PDF is a scan and the result is empty. Why?
A scanned page is an image, so there is no text to extract. Use OCR Text Extract instead — it reads the characters out of the picture, then you can paste that text into a document.
Is my file uploaded?
No. The PDF is read inside your browser tab and the .doc is generated there. Nothing is sent to a server, which is also why it works on confidential documents.
Why a .doc and not a .docx?
The .doc that is produced is a Word-readable document that opens cleanly everywhere, including older Office versions. You can save it as .docx from Word in one click.