Turn a PDF into Word, Excel or images

We look at the shape of the text on the first few pages — whether it lines up into columns like a table, whether it runs in paragraphs like a document, how many images there are, and how many different text sizes. That tells us what kind of document it is. It all happens on your device; nothing about your file is sent anywhere.

Because sometimes it will be. A PDF is a finished layout, so going backwards is guesswork. A clean table converts to Excel very well. A designed brochure converts to Word badly — the text usually comes out in the wrong order with the styling lost. We would rather warn you before you download than let you find out afterwards.

Yes. Pick any of the three. The suggestion is based on the shape of your document, but you know what you actually need it for.

Images, which is what we will suggest. A scan has no real text in it, so Word and Excel would come out empty. If you need the words out of a scan, use the text recognition tool instead.

No. There is no upload step. Everything — reading, previewing and converting — happens inside your browser. You can check by converting one file, then turning off your internet and converting another; it still works. See prove it yourself.