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Axelohu
Tin Contributor
Oct 28, 2026

How to convert pdf to word with formatting retained as the same?

Hi everyone, Got several PDF files from work that need to be edited in Microsoft Word. Most of them are around 20–50 pages long and contain a mix of text, tables, images, headers, footers, and page ...
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JettStone
Iron Contributor
Oct 28, 2026

You can try a tool called PDF → DOCX Converter (pdf2docx-gui). This is a desktop tool specifically designed for converting PDFs to DOCX files.

If your main goal is to convert pdf to word with formatting retained, this is a pretty good choice.

Supported features:

  • Paragraphs and text
  • Tables
  • Images
  • Original page layout
  • Local PDF processing

 

It's very easy to use:

  1. Launch the graphical interface, select the PDF file, specify the save location for the DOCX file, and then start the conversion.
  2. Afterward, you can open the generated document in Word and make any necessary adjustments.

 

I recommend checking complex tables, charts, and multi-column pages after conversion, as these elements are difficult for any conversion tool to reproduce perfectly. However, as a local tool, this is indeed a practical option worth trying if you need to convert pdf to word with formatting retained.