Convert Microsoft Word document files to Portable Document Format — free, private and right in your browser.
When is it useful? Turn a Word document into a PDF before you email it, upload it to a job or exam portal, or print it — a PDF looks the same on almost every phone and computer and helps keep its appearance when shared.
Good to know: each page is saved as a high-quality A4 page image, so the PDF looks exactly like the preview, but the text in it cannot be selected or searched, and links are not kept. If you need searchable text, run the result through the OCR PDF tool.
| Your Word file | Result in PDF |
|---|---|
| Pages | High-quality A4 page images — look exactly like the preview |
| Text | Not selectable or searchable |
| Links | Not kept |
| Common fonts (Arial, Calibri) | Closest match to Word |
| Selectable text needed | Run OCR PDF afterwards |
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A Word document can look different on every computer: a missing font, another Word version or a phone app can move lines, break tables or push a picture onto the next page. A PDF fixes the look of each page, so the person who opens it sees exactly what you saw. That is why job portals, colleges, offices and printers so often ask for PDF instead of .docx.
Your .docx file is read in your browser: paragraphs, headings, lists, tables and pictures are laid out on A4 pages, and each finished page is saved into the PDF as a high-quality picture. Because every page is a picture, the PDF looks the same in every viewer — but the words inside it cannot be selected, searched or copied, and clickable links stop working. Up to 300 pages are converted at a time.
Letters, resumes, assignments, notices and reports with normal fonts such as Arial, Calibri or Times New Roman give the closest match. Documents built with text boxes, many columns, special fonts, comments or tracked changes may look slightly different from Word. Old .doc files from Word 97–2003 cannot be read — open them in Word and choose Save As → .docx first.
A font looks different: your browser did not have that font, so a similar one was used; switch to a common font in Word and convert again. You need to select text in the PDF: run the result through OCR PDF, or use Word's own Save as PDF. The PDF is too large for an upload form: use Compress PDF or one of the Compress PDF to 100KB, 200KB, 500KB or 1MB tools.
Keep the Word file as your editable master copy, open the PDF once before sending it, and check page breaks, tables and signatures on the last page.