

The exported Word documents are very impressive – easily the best of all the PDF to Word converters we tested.

Alternatively, the premium version of WPS PDF to Word Converter costs £22.95 (US$29.95, AU$39.95), with no limit on pagination. The free edition will convert PDFs up to five pages long, so if you want to convert larger documents you’ll need to divide it into chunks first using a tool like PDFSAM. You can see the results of our tests on the left, and click the previews to zoom in.ĭocument converted using WPS PDF to Word Converter Because it’s a desktop app, WPS PDF to Word Converter is noticeably faster than online tools, and can process files in batches. We've put the best PDF to Word converters through their paces to decide which recreates the original document most faithfully. They're not all the same though, and some application gives much more accurate results than others. There are several free programs that can do the job, using different techniques to identify and extract images and text, while preserving the original formatting. PDFs aren't designed for editing in mind, so if you need change or extract text or images, the easiest way is to convert it to a Word document, which you can then open with the office software of your choice (whether that’s Microsoft Word or a free alternative like LibreOffice Writer).
