Convert Word to PDF
Your Word document as a PDF that looks the same everywhere.
Turn a Word document into a PDF to send it, print it or upload it to a form that only accepts PDF. The layout stays as you designed it, on any computer or phone, and the text can still be selected and searched. It works with .docx and with .doc files from older versions of Word, with no sign-up and no watermarks.
How to convert Word to PDF
- Select your Word documents, .docx or .doc (up to 3 at once).
- Click “Convert to PDF” and wait a few seconds while we lay out each page.
- Download the PDF or, if you converted several documents, the ZIP with one PDF for each.
Why send a PDF instead of the Word file
A Word document can look different on someone else’s computer: another version of Word, missing fonts or a different paper size move the line breaks, the tables and the images. A PDF fixes each page as it is, so the person who receives it sees exactly what you see. It is also what job portals, government offices and many companies ask for, and it opens on any phone without installing anything.
What the PDF keeps
- The layout: margins, columns, tables, images, headers, footers and page numbers, on the same pages as in Word.
- The text as text: it can be selected, copied and searched; it is not a picture of the page.
- Links: web addresses and email links can still be clicked.
- Headings as bookmarks: if you used Word’s heading styles, they appear in the bookmarks panel of the PDF reader, so you can jump from one section to another.
We convert with LibreOffice, so the result is very close to Word’s own “Save as PDF”. The usual Office fonts (Calibri, Cambria, Arial, Times New Roman, Courier New) keep their size and spacing. If the document uses a font we don’t have, a similar one is used and some lines may break in a different place: check the PDF before sending it.
Before converting
- Tracked changes appear in the PDF marked in colour, as when Word prints with all markup. Accept or reject them first (Review › Accept) if you only want the final text.
- Comments are not included in the PDF.
- Documents protected with a password can’t be opened: remove the password in Word (File › Info › Protect Document) and convert again.
- Macros are never run.
Limitations
- Up to 3 documents at once, 50 MB each and 100 MB in total.
- Each PDF can have up to 300 pages.
Frequently asked questions
Will the PDF look exactly like my Word document?
Almost always, yes: same pages, margins, tables and images. The only differences come from fonts we don’t have, which are replaced by similar ones and may move some line breaks. The usual Office fonts keep their exact spacing.
Can I convert a .doc file from an old version of Word?
Yes. Both .docx files and .doc files from Word 97 to 2003 are accepted, and the PDF is the same either way.
Are the links and the table of contents kept?
Links can still be clicked in the PDF. Headings with Word’s heading styles become bookmarks of the PDF, and a table of contents inserted in the document keeps its page numbers.
What happens to comments and tracked changes?
Comments are left out. Tracked changes appear marked in colour, with deleted text crossed out, so accept or reject them in Word before converting if you only want the final version.
Does the PDF show who wrote the document?
The PDF keeps the title and author saved in the document properties, as Word does when it saves as PDF. To leave them out, delete them in Word under File › Info › Properties before converting.