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OCR a PDF
Make scanned PDFs searchable
PDF → Word
LiveConvert a PDF into a Word document you can actually edit. Real text in, real paragraphs out.
What it does
- Real paragraphs, headings, tables, and images from text PDFs
- Scanned PDFs are read with OCR first, in 13 languages
- Download as .docx, no watermark, files auto-delete within the hour
Your files
Gone within the hour.
Files are uploaded over HTTPS, used only to run this tool, and deleted from our server automatically about an hour later. Never sold, never used to train anything.
How to convert a PDF to Word
Add the PDF
One file, up to 50 MB and up to 150 pages.
Set the language, but only if it is a scan
The language picker is there for scanned documents. If your PDF already has real text, this changes nothing and you can leave it alone.
Press Convert to Word
If half or more of the pages have no text layer, the whole file is read with OCR instead, which produces clean editable text rather than a picture of a page. That path is limited to 60 pages.
Open the .docx and expect to tidy up
You get a real Word document, not a PDF renamed. Complex layouts, multi-column pages and unusual fonts are where converters drift, so read it through before you send it anywhere.
Frequently asked questions
How good is the conversion?
Text PDFs come back with real paragraphs, headings, tables, and images. Heavily designed layouts (magazines, intricate forms) may need touch-ups afterwards: that is true of every converter, free or paid.
What about scanned PDFs?
Mostly scanned documents are read with OCR first (13 languages) and come back as clean, editable text rather than a photo of text. In mostly text documents, the odd picture-only page stays a picture: run OCR a PDF first if you need those pages editable too.
Are there limits?
Up to 150 pages per job, or 60 when the file goes through OCR. Which limit applies is decided by counting pages, not by the kind of file: if half or more of the pages have no text layer, the whole document is treated as a scan and takes the 60 page OCR limit, even where the rest of it is real text. One PDF up to 50 MB at a time.
What happens to my file?
Sent over HTTPS, used only for this conversion, and deleted from our server automatically about an hour later. Never sold, never used to train anything.