Quick answer. Choose a .docx file, check the preview and press Download. The PDF has real, searchable text and is made in your browser, so nothing is uploaded. Simple, mostly-text documents (letters, CVs, simple invoices, reports) convert well. Complex layouts and custom fonts will not match Word exactly.
How to convert Word to PDF
- Choose the .docx file. It is read in this tab. Anything that may not convert is listed above the preview, for example headers, text boxes or columns.
- Check the preview. It shows the PDF file itself, page by page. Change the page size, font, margins or page numbers and it updates.
- Download the PDF, named after your file. Or use Print / Save as PDF to let your browser make the PDF with its own fonts.
Older Word 97-2003 .doc files are refused with a message: open them in Word, Google Docs or LibreOffice and save as .docx first. Password-protected Word files need the password removed in Word.
What converts well, and what may not
Comes through: headings, paragraphs, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, superscript and subscript, centred and right-aligned paragraphs, bulleted and numbered lists, tables (long tables continue on the next page with the header row repeated), images, links (still clickable), page breaks, and footnotes (listed at the end).
May look different or be left out:
- Fonts are replaced with Helvetica or Times, and font sizes come from the heading level, so line breaks and page breaks will not fall in the same places as in Word.
- Colours, highlights, shading and line spacing are not kept.
- Headers, footers and comments are left out. Tracked changes are shown as accepted.
- Complex layouts: text boxes, columns, floating images, shapes, SmartArt, charts and equations are simplified, moved into the normal flow or left out.
- Other scripts: Urdu, Arabic, Greek, Cyrillic, Chinese and letters such as ą or š cannot be drawn with the built-in PDF fonts, so for those files the page uses Print → Save as PDF instead.
So this is a practical PDF for letters, CVs, simple invoices and mostly-text documents, not an exact copy of how Word or Adobe Acrobat would print the file. For a tight layout, check the preview carefully, or use Save as PDF in Word itself. For a scanned page or photo, JPG to PDF is the better tool.
Privacy
The document never leaves this browser tab. It is read with mammoth.js and the PDF is written with pdf-lib, both open-source and hosted on this site. Nothing is saved, and Microsoft Clarity session recording is switched off on this page.
After converting
Merge the PDF with other files, compress it for email, sign it, add a watermark, or change pages in the PDF Editor. Counting words first? Paste the text into the Word Counter.
Frequently asked questions
Is this Word to PDF converter free?
Yes. No account, no watermark and no download limit.
Is my Word file uploaded?
No. The file is read and converted in this browser tab, and the PDF is made on your device. Nothing is sent to a server.
Can I convert a .doc file as well as .docx?
Not in this version. Open the .doc in Word, Google Docs or LibreOffice, save it as .docx, and convert that file. A broken conversion would be worse than an honest refusal.
Will the PDF look exactly like Word?
Not always. Headings, paragraphs, bold, italic, underline, lists, tables, images, links and page breaks come through, but fonts are replaced (Helvetica or Times), font sizes and colours are not kept, and headers, footers and comments are left out. Text boxes and columns are placed in a single flow. Check the preview before you download.
Is the text in the PDF searchable?
Yes. The download is a text PDF, so you can select, copy and search the words. It is not a picture of the page.
What about Urdu, Arabic, Greek, Polish or Chinese text?
The built-in PDF fonts only cover Western European letters, so for a document with other letters the direct download is turned off and the page asks you to use Print → Save as PDF instead. Your browser then draws every script with its own fonts.
Can I convert PDF back to Word here?
No. That direction is not offered, because a faithful layout is hard to rebuild in a browser. You can still change a PDF with the PDF Editor or sign it.
What should I do after I have the PDF?
Merge it with other files, compress it for email, sign it or add a watermark with the PDF tools, all in your browser.