Word to PDF
Turn a Word document into a PDF that keeps its headings, emphasis, lists, tables and images.
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Before you start. Headings, bold and italic, colour, alignment, lists, tables and images are carried across. Text reflows to A4, so page breaks may land differently from Word, and text boxes, columns and floating shapes are not reproduced.
How to use word to pdf
- Choose your DOCX file. Drop the file onto the upload area or pick it from your device. The file is sent over HTTPS, processed, and deleted as soon as the result is written.
- Set the options. Adjust the settings shown for word to pdf. The defaults suit most files, so you can usually leave them alone.
- Check and save the result. Run the tool and download the PDF result. Compare it against your original before you rely on it — conversions do not always carry every detail across.
Privacy
Your file travels over HTTPS to a temporary folder, is processed, and is deleted immediately afterwards. Results are held for a few minutes behind a single-use link and then removed. Nothing is indexed, backed up or used for anything else.
Questions
What happens to my file?
It travels over HTTPS to a temporary folder, is processed, and is deleted immediately afterwards — including if the job fails. The result waits behind a single-use link that expires after 15 minutes. Nothing is indexed, backed up or used for anything else.
Will the PDF result match my DOCX file exactly?
Not always, and it is worth knowing why. Because the text reflows, page breaks are decided at render time by whichever program opens it. Two applications can paginate the same file differently, so page counts are not a fixed property of the document. Check the result against your original before relying on it.
Do I need to install anything or create an account?
No. Word to PDF runs in the browser you already have. There is no sign-up, no download, no watermark and no paid tier holding features back.
Is there a file size limit?
Uploads are capped at 32 MB. If your file is larger, split it first, or use one of the browser-side tools, which are bounded only by your device memory.
Working with DOCX and PDF
About DOCX
Word's Office Open XML format: a ZIP archive containing XML documents that describe the text, its styles and the relationships between parts. Content is stored as a flowing stream rather than fixed pages.
Because the text reflows, page breaks are decided at render time by whichever program opens it. Two applications can paginate the same file differently, so page counts are not a fixed property of the document.
About PDF
A fixed-layout page format. A PDF records where each glyph sits on the page, along with fonts, vector shapes and embedded images, so it looks identical everywhere it is opened.
It does not store paragraphs, headings or tables as structure. Anything that reads meaning back out of a PDF is reconstructing it from position and spacing, which is why converting away from PDF is the harder direction.
Troubleshooting
- Nothing happens after choosing a file. Check the file really is DOCX — a renamed extension fails here the same way it fails in other readers.
- The upload is refused. Files over 32 MB are rejected. Split the document first, or use one of the browser-side tools, which are limited only by your device memory.
- The result looks different from the original. Some conversions cannot carry every feature across formats. The page says what was dropped when that happens.