Convert PDF file to Word
To convert PDF files to Word documents, you usually need a separate tool. After all, the PDF format is also intended to save documents and protect them from editing. In this practical tip, we present you with a free download and an online tool with which the conversion can still be carried out quickly and easily.
Convert and convert PDF file with Free PDF to Word Doc Converter
- First download the "Free PDF to Word Doc Converter" program.
- After downloading, run the exe file and install the application.
- After you have opened the program, select the relevant PDF document by clicking on "Browse" in the top left.
- On the right you will now see the default output folder and name. If you want to change this, click on the right "Browse" button and select both accordingly.
- You can now make smaller settings in the "General Options": On the left, select whether you want to convert the entire document or just individual pages. On the right you decide whether images and patterns should be adopted or whether text boxes should be used. You can also set the text type of the output document.
- Finally click on "Convert to Word Document". The file is converted and then opened in Microsoft Word.
Convert PDF document to Word file online
If you don't want to install an extra program on your computer, you can also convert the PDF document to Word format online.
- A recommended website for this is, for example, smallpdf.com.
- Here you can either upload the PDF file from your computer or access it from your Dropbox or Google Drive account.
- The PDF document is then converted and is available for download.
Word 2013: Simply edit the PDF and save it as Word
As of Word 2013, you can simply open and edit your PDF files like a normal document and then export them to Word format:
- Use the "Open" menu to change the format search from "Word" to "PDF".
- A yellow button then appears at the bottom, which you must toggle to "Enable Editing" for editing.
- Now you can work like a normal Word document and export it to Word format.
- Tip: In Word 2010 you can also insert a PDF document with a trick, but much more uncomfortably.
In the next article, you will learn how to convert Word documents to PDFs.