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Convert PDF to Word — online

Upload a scan, a photo or a PDF and turn it into Word, Excel, TXT or searchable PDF — tables and layout included. Online OCR right in your browser, nothing to install.

No installation Word · Excel · TXT · PDF Ready in a minute
Free: a file up to 30 pages in full; beyond that, the first 15 pages · get access up to 3 files per hour · buying any plan removes this limit Sign in →
Drop files here, or click to choose them
PDF, PNG, JPG, TIFF, BMP, WEBP · up to 80 MB
You can upload several files at once — they are merged into ONE document. Photographing pages one by one? Add them in turn and get a single Word file.

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Online OCR and PDF to Word conversion

ScanLex converts PDF to Word, scans to Word and photos to text right in your browser — free and with nothing to install. Text, tables and layout are all recognized.

How do I convert a PDF to Word online for free?

Drag a PDF into the upload area, pick the Word (DOCX) format and click “Recognize”. About a minute later you download an editable document with tables and layout intact.

Can I extract plain text from a PDF or a scan?

Yes. Choose “Plain text (TXT)” or “Searchable PDF” and you get text you can search and copy. Scans and photographs are supported.

Can I upload several files at once?

Yes. Pick several files at once or add them one by one — they pile up in the list and are merged into ONE document: the pages follow the order of the files (use the arrows to reorder). Handy for assembling a document from separate photos of its pages: the output is a single Word file, not a pile of them.

Which formats are supported?

Upload: PDF, PNG, JPG, TIFF, BMP, WEBP up to 80 MB. Output: Word (DOCX), Excel (XLSX), TXT and searchable PDF.

Do I need to install anything?

No. Online recognition works in the browser on a computer, tablet or phone. For unlimited offline work there is the ScanLex app for Windows.

Uploaded files are stored temporarily and used only for recognition.