This document will provide guidance on how to convert a PDF document into a Word document (.docx) on Windows 10/11.
There are multiple methods in which you can achieve this:
Method 1:
- Find your PDF that you wish to edit
- Right click on the PDF document and bring up the side menu
- Click open with and select "Word"
- Click "search for another app" if Word does not show up in the initial list
- Click Word and it should open the PDF in Microsoft Word
- You should now be able to edit that document as you would an original word document.
- Once complete you can either choose to save the document as a word one or you can save it once again as a PDF
Method 2:
- Open Microsoft Word
- Go to file > Open
- Find the PDF and open it within Word (You may have to browse or change the search format to find PDFs in the drop down menu provided on this screen)
- Open the document, to which a message will appear on screen saying that Microsoft Word it going to make a copy of the PDF and convert its contents into a format that Word can display. The original PDF won't be changed at all.
- You should now be able to edit the document
- Finally you can then save your changes, where Word will ask you what format you'd like to save the document in.
Alternative Method:
Alternatively you can also use the online tools provided by Adobe and other providers (via Google) to convert a PDF to word for free (However they will limit how many documents you can convert for free).
This link here will link you to the Adobe conversion tool page, where you can convert different files if needs be including PDF to Word.
https://www.adobe.com/uk/acrobat/online.html
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