Word to PDF Converter — Free, No Upload
Turn a .docx into a PDF in your browser. Headings, bold and italic, bullet and numbered lists, tables and images all carry across, and the text in the PDF stays selectable. Your document is never uploaded.
How to Convert Word to PDF
- Drop your
.docxfile onto the box above, or click to browse. - Pick A4 or US Letter, and adjust the margin if you need to.
- Click Convert to PDF, then download the result.
The file is read and converted on your own machine. Nothing is uploaded, which matters for the documents people most often need as PDFs — contracts, offer letters, invoices, medical forms and coursework.
What Carries Across — and What Does Not
This is a re-flow rather than a re-render. It reads the document's structure and lays it out again as a PDF, instead of photographing Word's own output. That has a real advantage — the text stays selectable and searchable rather than becoming a picture — and a real cost, which is that the page breaks will not land in exactly the same places as they do in Word.
| Reproduced | Not reproduced |
|---|---|
| Headings and paragraph structure | Word’s exact page breaks and pagination |
| Bold and italic, including mid-sentence | Precise typefaces (text is set in a standard PDF font) |
| Bullet and numbered lists, including nesting | Columns, text boxes and floating objects |
| Tables, with a drawn grid and header shading | Native headers, footers and page numbers |
| Embedded PNG, JPEG and WebP images | Footnotes, endnotes and tracked changes |
| Selectable, searchable text | Charts, SmartArt and WordArt |
If you need an exact visual match, Word’s own File → Save as PDF is the right tool — it has the layout engine. Use this when you want a clean, searchable PDF without installing anything or handing your document to a server.
Older .doc files
The legacy .doc format is a binary format that predates the ZIP-based standard and cannot be read this way. Open it in Word or LibreOffice and save it as .docx first.
Why the text stays selectable
Many browser-based converters render your document to an image and wrap that in a PDF. It looks close, but the result cannot be searched, copied, or read by a screen reader, and the file is far larger. This tool writes real text runs instead, so the PDF behaves like a document rather than a photograph of one.
After Converting
Once you have the PDF you can merge it with other files, compress it before emailing, add page numbers, sign it, or password-protect it before sending it out. To put company branding on every page, see adding a letterhead or stamp to a PDF.
Going the other way? Use PDF to Word.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is my document uploaded anywhere?
No. The file is read and converted entirely in your browser. Nothing is transmitted to a server and nothing is stored.
Will the PDF look exactly like my Word document?
Close, but not identical. Headings, bold and italic, lists, tables and images carry across, and the text stays selectable. Word’s exact page breaks, columns, native headers and footers, and precise typefaces do not. The table above sets out the full picture.
Can I convert a .doc file?
Not directly. Save it as .docx in Word or LibreOffice first, then convert.
Is the text in the PDF selectable and searchable?
Yes. The converter writes real text rather than an image of text, so you can select, copy and search it, and screen readers can read it.
Does it keep my tables and images?
Yes. Tables are redrawn with a grid and shaded header row, and embedded PNG, JPEG and WebP images are carried into the PDF at a size that fits the page.
Is there a file size limit?
No imposed limit. Conversion runs on your own device, so very large documents depend on your machine’s memory and speed.