Word to PDF
Convert a Word document to PDF online for free, keeping headings, paragraphs, and bullet lists intact. Choose page size and margins, no uploads.
About This Tool
Send a document to someone who should not be able to edit it. Your .docx is read in the browser and laid out into a clean PDF with its headings, paragraphs and bullet lists intact. Choose the page size, body text size and margins to match how you want it to print. The file never leaves your device.
How To Use
- Drop your .docx file into the upload zone or click to select it.
- Choose a page size, text size and margin.
- Click "Convert to PDF" and download the result.
How It Works
A .docx file is a zip archive of XML. The converter unpacks it with mammoth, which maps Word styles onto simple semantic elements, headings, paragraphs and list items, and throws away the Word-specific styling noise.
Those blocks are then typeset into a new PDF with pdf-lib: each line is measured against the page width and wrapped, headings are drawn larger and bold, list items are indented and bulleted, and a new page is started whenever the text reaches the bottom margin.
That means the PDF is re-typeset rather than photographed. Text stays selectable and searchable, and the file is small. Complex Word features, embedded images, tables, columns, headers and footers, are not carried over, so this suits letters, reports, notes and CVs rather than heavily designed brochures.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will my document look identical to Word?
No. The text, headings and lists are preserved and re-typeset cleanly, but fonts, images, tables and headers/footers are not reproduced. Matching Word exactly requires a server-side Office engine.
Which formats can I upload?
.docx files. The older .doc format and Apple Pages documents are not supported, save them as .docx first.
Are images included?
Not currently. Images in the document are skipped and only the text content is converted.
Is the PDF text searchable?
Yes. The PDF contains real text, so it can be searched, selected and copied like any other text PDF.
Is my document uploaded?
No. The .docx is unpacked and the PDF is built entirely inside your browser.