How to export PDF to Word

A friend of yours sent you that file you were waiting for by e-mail. All happy with what you immediately proceeded to open the attachment received but in doing so did you realize that instead of being a Word file it is a PDF document? If the answer is yes, if you urgently need to convert the document from one format to another and if you don’t have the slightest idea how to make a gift, I’m glad to announce that you can count on me once again. In fact, with today’s guide I will explain, step by step, what needs to be done to be able to export PDF to Word.

How do you say? Are you not particularly well versed in computer science and you think that exporting PDF to Word is too difficult for you? But no, you are wrong … and very wrong too! Beyond appearances and contrary to what you might think, exporting PDF to Word is in fact an extremely simple operation to perform. You just need to resort to the use of some  online services and software designed specifically for the purpose and that’s it, you have my word.

So if you are interested in understanding how to export PDF to Word I suggest you take about ten minutes of free time, get comfortable and concentrate on reading the following lines. I am more than sure that in the end you will succeed in your intent and that you can also say you are satisfied with the thing. Ready? Yes? Great, then stop the chatter and proceed.

Online2PDF

Let’s start with  Online2PDF , an excellent web service dedicated to editing and converting files to PDF format. You can use this service to export PDF to Word and also to merge two or more documents into one. The service is totally free but has upload restrictions (it is not possible to process more than 20 documents simultaneously and it is not possible to upload files larger than 50MB, 100MB for multiple uploads).

To export PDF to Word with Online2PDF the first operation you need to do is to  click here  so that you can immediately connect to the main web page of the service. Then click on the Select files button   and choose the documents to be processed from your computer. Then expand the drop-down menu at the bottom and choose whether to create a single document by selecting the Standard Conversion item   or whether to export the PDF files to Word separately by selecting the  Create a new PDF file for each page item .

If necessary, you can make changes to the file to be transformed using the buttons placed on the side in order to rotate the pages, select them, reorder them or divide them. You can also enter the password of the PDF in case it is a protected document.

Then select the format in which you want to export the document to PDF using the drop-down menu located next to the item convert to . Choose, depending on your needs and preferences, the option Word 2007-2013 (* .docx) or Word 2003 or earlier (* .doc) .

Finally, press the Convert button and wait for your documents to be converted first and then downloaded to your PC. Once the process is complete, the download of the document will start automatically.

Zamzar

Another great online service thanks to which you can export PDF to Word is without a doubt  Zamzar . This is a well-known and reliable online converter that allows you to act on various types of files, including those in question.

To export PDF to Word with Zamzar the first thing you need to do is to  click here  so that you can immediately connect to the main page of the online service. Then, presses the  Choose files… button  and select the PDF document on your computer that you want to convert. Now, set the doc or docx option from the drop-down menu located under the item  Step 2, type your e-mail address in the field under the item  Step 3  and then click on the Convert button   to start the file transformation process.

Then wait for the file conversion procedure to start and when the operation is completed you will receive an email containing the link to download your PDF file exported to Word. Then click on the link in the e-mail message and then click on the Download now button   located next to the name of the file to download on the web page that will open in the browser.

Word

Even  Microsoft Word  provides a solution to export PDF to Word. If on your computer you have a version of Office equal to or higher than 2013 (if you remember correctly I explained to you how to download the Microsoft productivity suite in my guide on how to download Microsoft Office ) you can therefore use Word to open your documents in PDF format, edit them freely and then save them as DOC or DOCX files. Generally the result is guaranteed even if unfortunately it is not always possible to keep the layout of the original files.

To export PDF to Word, just open Microsoft Word on your computer, go to the File menu  , click  Open  and select the PDF you want to act on. Afterwards, accept that the document is imported into the program and, when loading is complete, export it as a DOC or DOCX file by selecting the  Save As  item from the File menu.

OCR systems

Are you having trouble trying to export PDF to Word? Yes? Well, then most likely it is because you are trying to act on a document that does not contain text, or rather, that although it contains text, it has been scanned as if it were a photo, without transforming the writing characters into texts. recognizable directly from the computer.

In this case, to be able to export Word to PDF you must therefore use an OCR  (optical character recognition) software or online service. The OCR software can in fact detect the write characters in images or PDF scanned as these and turn them into real editable text from any program though, this is good for you to bear this in mind, the original formatting is lost. Below you will find some solutions of this type that I invite you to consider.

• a9t9 Online OCR– This is a free online service that manages to extract texts from PDF, PNG and JPG files with a maximum weight of 5MB. It is very convenient but, keep in mind, it may over-preserve the files that are uploaded to its servers. By virtue of this, I therefore advise you to use this service only in cases of absolute necessity.
• ABBYY FineReader– It is one of the best OCR software available for Windows PC. The program costs 129.00 euros but is also available in a free trial version that allows you to test its full potential for a period of 30 days.
• Prizmo– This is a popular OCR application for Mac OS X. The software costs € 49.99 but is available in a trial version that adds watermarks to scanned documents and partially covers some words processed by OCR.

If you need further details about the use and operation of these solutions, I invite you to consult my tutorial dedicated to  scanning programs  in which I have proceeded to tell you about it in a more exhaustive way.