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Help! How do I convert PDF to Word on Mac without losing formatting?
I’ve had the same issue with messy PDF-to-Word conversions on Mac—it’s super frustrating! Tried a bunch of tools, but PDFGeker worked the best for me. It keeps tables, images, and layouts intact, plus supports batch conversions. Simple to use and gets the job done. Definitely worth a shot!
I followed this tutorial: (It worked great)
PDF is a container. If the PDF contains a document made in Microsoft Word, using File > Open within Microsoft Word to open the PDF should provide a perfect reproduction of the Word document that the PDF contains. Word can open PDF files directly.
More often, the PDF is a mystery box. If you know what program generated the PDF, the best thing to do would be to open the PDF in that program and use it to export the contents as a Word document.
As you can tell from the previous replies, there are lots of ways to convert from PDF to Word, but if you don't know what app made the PDF, it's going to be a crap shoot. One suggestion not made so far is to open the PDF in the Open Source version of Office and use its export to Microsoft Word format to save it as a Word document.