Convert Word to PDF
Drop in a .docx and get a PDF back.
How it works
- Drop your .docx in.
- Wait a moment.
- Download the PDF.
What it does
Sending a Word file to somebody who does not have Word is how documents arrive looking wrong. A PDF fixes the layout in place, so what you wrote is what they see — the same fonts, the same page breaks, the same spacing, on whatever they open it with.
Laying the document out
The .docx is read and its content laid out into pages: headings, paragraphs, lists, basic tables and images. The result is a normal PDF with real, selectable, searchable text rather than a picture of your document, which matters if anyone needs to quote from it or if it will be read by anything automated.
.docx only, and why that is stated plainly
The modern .docx format is a readable, documented package. The older .doc is a different and largely opaque format, and rather than half-handle it and produce something wrong, this refuses it with a message that says which one you have. If you have a .doc, open it in Word and save as .docx first.
Nothing leaves the tab
Your document is read and the PDF is written on your own machine. For a conversion tool that is unusual — most of them upload — and it means a draft that is not ready to be seen by anyone does not have to be seen by anyone.
Doing this from your own code
.docx is not one of the five things POST /api/v1/pdfs reads. The browser lays the document out; the API has no Word reader. What the API does do.Questions
Does it accept .doc files?
No, only .docx. Open the file in Word and save it again as .docx first.
Will my fonts look the same?
Fonts your document names are matched where they are available. An unusual font that is not present is substituted with the closest one.
Do tables and images come across?
Basic tables and images do. Very complex layout may be laid out approximately.
Is the text in the PDF selectable?
Yes. It is real text, not a picture of text, so it can be searched and copied.
Is my document uploaded to convert it?
No. The conversion happens in this browser tab.
Next
| Tool | What it does | Runs in | Same thing, programmatically |
|---|---|---|---|
| Convert PDF to Word | Get an editable .docx with the text as text. | your browser | no endpoint |
| Edit a PDF | Change the words already in the PDF, in their original font. | your browser | the document model |
| Merge PDF files | Join several PDFs into one, in the order you choose. | your browser | no endpoint |
| Password protect a PDF | Put an AES-256 password on a PDF. | our server | POST /api/free/protect |