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Convert PDF to Word on Your Mac

PDF to Word turns a PDF into a Word document you can edit, rebuilding headings, paragraphs and lists. Scanned pages are read with OCR on your Mac, and photos can be added after the text of their page. It works best for text documents; complex layouts and tables come through as plain paragraphs.

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One-time purchase · macOS 15 or later

The Docs category in Toolbox for Mac, with Scan Document, Redact PDF, Fill & Flatten Forms, Make PDF Searchable, PDF to Word, Sign PDF, Merge PDFs, Split PDF, Organize PDF, Delete Pages, Extract Pages, Images to PDF, Compress PDF, Add Password, Remove Password, PDF to Images, Convert Documents, Word to PDF, PowerPoint to PDF, Excel to PDF, Web Page to PDF and Markdown to PDF.The Docs category in Toolbox for Mac, with Scan Document, Redact PDF, Fill & Flatten Forms, Make PDF Searchable, PDF to Word, Sign PDF, Merge PDFs, Split PDF, Organize PDF, Delete Pages, Extract Pages, Images to PDF, Compress PDF, Add Password, Remove Password, PDF to Images, Convert Documents, Word to PDF, PowerPoint to PDF, Excel to PDF, Web Page to PDF and Markdown to PDF.

How to use PDF to Word

  1. Open PDF to Word and drop your PDFs.

  2. Choose Word (.docx), Rich Text (.rtf) or Plain Text (.txt).

  3. Set the options: start each PDF page on a new page, read text in scanned pages, include photos.

  4. Click Convert.

Questions about PDF to Word

How do I convert a PDF to Word on a Mac without Acrobat?

Drop the PDF into PDF to Word in Toolbox, choose Word (.docx) and click Convert. The file is converted on your Mac and opens in Word, Pages or Google Docs.

Will the formatting stay the same?

Headings, paragraphs and lists are rebuilt so the text is easy to edit. Multi-column layouts and tables are not recreated; they come through as plain paragraphs.

Can I convert a scanned PDF to Word?

Yes. With Read text in scanned pages on, Toolbox recognizes the text on your Mac and puts it into the document.

Can I convert several PDFs at once?

Yes. Drop them all in and each one becomes its own document in a dated folder in Downloads.

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