Productivity

How to Convert PDF to Editable Word Documents

Dec 03, 20243 min read

PDFs are great for sharing, but terrible for editing. If you need to make changes to a contract or reuse text from a report, you need to convert it back to Word.

Smart Layout Reconstruction

Simple converters just dump plain text into a file. Utylite's PDF to Word tool uses a smart-flow algorithm. It detects:

  • Font Styles: Preserves Bold and Italic text.
  • Paragraphs: Groups lines intelligently so you don't get broken sentences.
  • Columns: Detects visual gaps to maintain table-like structures.

What about Scanned PDFs?

If you upload a scanned image saved as a PDF, normal converters produce a blank page. Our tool includes smart detection—it checks if the PDF contains text text. If it's a scan, it will alert you to use our OCR Tool instead.

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