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Follow these steps to easily turn Microsoft Word files into PDFs:
- Click the "Select a file" button above, or drag and drop your Word document into the drop zone.
- Choose the RTF, TXT, DOCX, or DOC file you want to convert to PDF.
- Let Acrobat automatically convert your file.
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Quickly convert DOC or DOCX files to PDF while keeping your formatting, layout, and design exactly as they appear in Word. Adobe’s Word to PDF converter works in any browser, on any device, no software needed.
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Once you convert Word to PDF, you can collect feedback, add comments, and review changes in one shared file, keeping your workflow organised and efficient. Perfect for students, businesses, and teams across India.
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Questions? We have answers.
Use Adobe’s online Word to PDF converter to preserve your document’s fonts, images, and alignment on any device.
As the inventor of the PDF file format, Adobe ensures your DOC and DOCX files looks the same on Mac or Windows.
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DOC is the older Microsoft Word format used in Word 2003 and earlier, while DOCX is the newer format introduced in Word 2007 based on the Open XML standard, which creates smaller, more efficient files. If you have Microsoft Word 2003 or earlier, you’ll need to download the free Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack to open, edit and save DOCX files.
You can directly convert both DOC and DOCX file to PDF with Adobe Acrobat's Word to PDF converter tool.
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