Convert a PDF file into a Microsoft Word Document
Sometimes it’s necessary to convert PDF files back to Microsoft Word from Acrobat. You can save PDF files into Word format directly, but they don’t always convert correctly. For this reason I would suggest adding tags to your PDF, which will give you a better chance of converting to Word smoothly from Acrobat. To add tags and convert from PDF to Word:
- Open the PDF file in Adobe Acrobat and go to Advanced > Accessibility > Add Tags to Document.
- After that processes, you’ll get a tag report, which we can ignore for now.
- To convert to Word, simply go to File > Save As > and choose Microsoft Word for the Save As Type.
- Depending on how the PDF was originally made, the document may look a little different in Word. Ideally, it will be identical.
- As a final note, if your PDF was scanned, you’ll will have to go through the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) process before completing the above steps. For instructions see [How to Edit a Scanned Document in Acrobat 8]
