PDF to Word Converter
Turn a text-based PDF into an editable Word (.docx) document without leaving your browser. Your file is never uploaded — reading, layout analysis and document assembly all happen on your own device.
Limits: up to 50 MB and 50 pages. Files are processed in your browser and never uploaded.
Your file is processed locally in your browser and is not uploaded to BurnJet. Nothing about the document (contents, name or metadata) is sent anywhere.
How to use it
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Add your PDF
Drag a PDF onto the drop zone or browse for it. The file stays on your device.
- 2
Convert
BurnJet reads the text, headings and layout, then rebuilds them as a Word document in a background worker.
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Download the .docx
Save the Word file and keep editing. Use "Convert another" to start over.
How the conversion works
- The PDF is parsed with pdf.js, which extracts each text fragment together with its position and font size.
- Fragments on the same baseline are grouped into lines, and lines are grouped into paragraphs by their vertical spacing.
- Lines that are noticeably larger than the body text and short are treated as headings (Heading 1–3).
- Font names containing "bold" or "italic"/"oblique" are mapped to bold and italic runs.
- The resulting structure is sent to a Web Worker, which builds a real .docx file with the open-source "docx" library and hands back a Blob for download.
Limitations & privacy
- Only PDFs with selectable text can be converted. Scanned or image-only PDFs are detected and declined (no browser OCR).
- Multi-column layouts, tables and embedded images are not reconstructed — the focus is editable text, paragraphs and headings.
- Exact fonts, colours, spacing and page breaks from the original PDF are approximated, not preserved 1:1.
- Very large or very dense PDFs may hit the size/page limit or the 90-second safety timeout.
- The file, its name and its contents never leave your browser and are not written to any database or storage.
Frequently asked questions
Is my PDF uploaded to a server?
No. The PDF is read and converted entirely in your browser using WebAssembly and a Web Worker. No network request carries the file, its name or its contents, and nothing is stored.
Which PDFs work best?
PDFs that were created from a word processor or export pipeline and contain real, selectable text. Paragraphs, headings and basic bold/italic styling carry over well.
Can it convert a scanned PDF?
No. A scanned PDF is a set of page images with no selectable text. Reliable text recognition (OCR) is not possible in the browser for full documents, so BurnJet detects this case and tells you instead of producing an empty file.
What about tables, columns and images?
Plain text, paragraph breaks and heading levels are reconstructed. Complex multi-column layouts, tables and embedded images are not carried into the Word file in this browser-only tool — the output focuses on editable text.
My PDF is password-protected. Can I still convert it?
Yes, if you know the password. Enter it when prompted and the conversion continues locally. BurnJet never transmits or stores the password.
Is there a size or page limit?
Yes. Limits are set by the site administrator and capped by a hard safety ceiling. The current effective limits are shown above the drop zone.