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Convert PDF to Word locally

Give Jetformat a PDF path and it writes an editable DOCX beside the source file. Microsoft Word is not required.

Run the conversion

CLI
jetformat pdf-to-docx report.pdf -o report.docx

Default output uses the same directory and stem with a .docx extension. Pass --force only when the user asked to overwrite an existing file.

CLI
jetformat pdf-to-docx report.pdf
jetformat pdf-to-docx report.pdf -o output/report.docx --force

What it reconstructs

  • Paragraphs from PDF text marks.
  • Anchored images from the page.
  • Simple tables.

Complex layouts are not a pixel-perfect roundtrip. Inspect the DOCX before treating it as a finished document.

Supported inputs

  • PDFs with an existing text layer.
  • Fonts used by the document should be available on the machine, or passed with --font-dir.
  • Scanned pages without a text layer need OCR, which Jetformat does not provide.
  • Password-protected PDFs are out of scope.

What this command does not do

  • It does not convert PDF to Excel or PowerPoint.
  • It does not OCR a screenshot or a scanned page.
  • It does not replace convert; Word to PDF remains a separate workflow.

Common request

Ask an agent: “Convert report.pdf to Word and tell me the output path.” It should run pdf-to-docx and report the file Jetformat wrote.

See the PDF to Word product page →