Word Converter
Open a .docx file and save it as PDF, HTML, or plain text.
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How it works
To convert a Word document to PDF, HTML, or plain text, drop the .docx file onto this page — its contents are read and previewed in your browser, then written out in the format you choose, without the document being uploaded.
A .docx file is a zip archive holding the document as XML, along with the style definitions its paragraphs refer to and a separate part defining how its lists are numbered. This page opens all of that in your browser and maps it to semantic structure: headings stay headings, lists stay lists, tables stay tables, and bold, italic, and hyperlinks are preserved. The document is then previewed so you can see what was read before converting anything.
What comes out depends on what you need. Plain text is the fastest way to get the words out of a document you cannot open or do not want to open in Word. HTML keeps the structure and formatting for publishing or pasting elsewhere. PDF is typeset here from that same structure — real page breaks, wrapped text, headings, lists, and tables.
The PDF route is worth being precise about, because it is where expectation and reality diverge. This is a rebuild from the document’s structure, not a reproduction of Word’s page layout. Text, emphasis, and ordering are faithful. Exact page breaks, margins, headers and footers, columns, text boxes, and embedded images are not, because faithfully reconstructing a page layout means reimplementing Word’s layout engine. If the layout is the point — a formatted contract, a designed CV — Word’s own “Save as PDF” is the right tool and this one is for getting the content out.
Anything the reader could not map exactly is listed rather than hidden, usually a custom style it did not recognise. Those are precisely the places where the output will differ from what you see in Word, so they are worth reading before you send the result on. Legacy .doc files are a different binary format and are detected and explained rather than failing oddly; re-save as .docx first.
FAQ
How do I convert a Word document to PDF without uploading it?
Drop the .docx onto this page and choose PDF. It is read and typeset entirely in your browser — the monitor under the tool shows zero bytes sent during processing.
Will the PDF look exactly like my Word document?
No, and that is stated plainly rather than promised away. The content, structure, and emphasis are faithful; exact page breaks, margins, headers and footers, and images are not. For a pixel-faithful PDF, use Word’s own export.
Can it open .doc files?
No. The old .doc format is a binary OLE compound file, unrelated to .docx, which is a zip of XML. The tool detects it and tells you to re-save as .docx.
What about password-protected documents?
They cannot be opened. An encrypted document cannot be read without its password, and the tool says so rather than failing with a parse error.
Are tracked changes and comments included?
No. Tracked changes are resolved to the current text and comments are dropped, along with headers, footers, and text-box content.
How do I just get the text out of a .docx?
Choose “Plain text”. Headings, lists, and tables are preserved as readable plain-text structure rather than being flattened into one paragraph.