Finally, we’ll cover a more automated method that is an extension of the first text extraction approach, which can convert PDF into text files that you can edit, perhaps best suited for casual use and with simple PDF files. Next, we’ll show you a paid solution from Adobe, a thorough and complex PDF to DOC converter tool best used for professional applications, and an alternative native Mac app that offers similar functionality.
This is actually the opposite scenario of converting a Word document to PDF via Microsoft Office Word app, but it is just as often needed.įirst, we’ll take a look at how to use Google Docs to convert a file to Word format, and then we’ll show you how to potentially extract the text from a PDF document, which you can then create yourself in DOC or DOCX change. If you want to convert a PDF to DOC, DOCX, RTF or TXT format, we will discuss some options to do the extraction job in Mac OS X. Have you ever received a PDF file that you want to convert to Word DOC or DOCX format? This is usually necessary if you have a PDF where you want to edit the content of a piece, perhaps a resume or a thesis, but the PDF can of course be more complex.
