Convert PDF to Word
Edits are easy with Adobe's PDF to Word converter.
Spend less time retyping, more time making progress. Adobe® Acrobat® XI lets you save your PDF as an easy-to-edit Microsoft Word document — and keep all the formatting, too.
Video demo: Convert PDF files to Word
Watch this short video to see how easy it is to convert your PDF to a Word document. (1:25)
"As an intellectual property lawyer, I often need to annotate diagrams, tables, and charts without disturbing the formatting of the original documents. When I have finished marking up the document, I can then use Acrobat to convert the updated copy back to Microsoft Word."
— Andrew Moir, partner, Herbert Smith LLP
Quickly convert PDFs to fully formatted Word files
When you need to update information in a PDF but don't have the original file, don't retype the entire piece. Simply save your PDF file as a Word document. And finish your edits faster.
NEW Export just the content you need
If you need to update only some of the information in your PDF document, select just the content you want, and then save it to a new Word file.
IMPROVED Save time with copy and paste
You can copy and paste parts of a PDF right into a Word doc. And in Acrobat XI, copying formatted information goes much quicker.
Turn scanned paper documents into Word files
Need to rework a document, but all you have is a paper printout? No problem. Just scan the pages to PDF. Then automatically convert the information to text that you can edit in Word.
How-to guide |
How to convert a PDF file to Word:
- Open a file in Acrobat XI.
- Choose Tools > Content Editing > Export File to Microsoft Word Document.
- Click Settings to turn on optical character recognition (OCR) if your PDF contains scanned text.
- Name the Word file and save it in a desired location.
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