Word to PDF
Convert DOCX and DOC files to PDF directly in your browser. Your document is never uploaded to any server, completely private and free.
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.docx files (Word 2007 and later)
How it works
Your DOCX file is parsed entirely in your browser using the open-source Mammoth.js library. The content is rendered as HTML and the browser's built-in print dialog lets you save it as a PDF. Nothing is ever uploaded to a server.
How to convert a Word document to PDF
Load a .docx, then save it as PDF from the print dialog that opens.
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Load a .docx file
Any file saved by Word 2007 or later, Google Docs (File › Download › Microsoft Word) or LibreOffice works. Older .doc files are refused with a message, because the converter can't read that format. Re-save them as .docx first.
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Convert, and allow the pop-up
The document opens as a print-ready page in a new tab. If nothing happens, your browser blocked the pop-up; allow pop-ups for this site and click again.
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Choose Save as PDF in the print dialog
Set the destination to Save as PDF (Chrome, Edge) or use the PDF button (Safari, macOS). Pick A4 or Letter there too, and turn off headers and footers if the browser adds the page URL and date.
How the conversion works
The tool reads the .docx in your browser with mammoth.js, a library that turns a Word document into clean HTML based on its structure: headings, paragraphs, lists, tables and images. It then sets that HTML in Times New Roman at 12 pt and hands it to your browser's print engine, which writes the PDF. Page size and margins come from the print dialog, so choose them there.
The upside is privacy and simple, tidy output. Text in the PDF stays selectable and searchable, unlike a scan. The downside is that it rebuilds the document from its structure rather than copying Word's exact layout, so the PDF won't be a pixel match of what you see in Word.
What carries over, and what doesn't
Use this to decide whether the tool suits a document before you convert it.
| In your Word file | In the PDF | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Headings (Heading 1, 2, 3 styles) | Kept | Mapped to real headings |
| Bold and italic | Kept | |
| Underline | Dropped | Ignored so it isn't mistaken for a link |
| Footnotes and endnotes | Moved | Listed at the end of the document |
| Bulleted and numbered lists | Kept | Custom bullet symbols become standard ones |
| Tables | Kept | Shading and column widths are lost |
| Pictures in the text | Kept | Embedded in the page |
| Hyperlinks | Kept | Clickable in most PDF viewers |
| Fonts, colours and font sizes | Replaced | Everything prints in Times New Roman at 12 pt |
| Headers, footers and page numbers | Dropped | |
| Text boxes, shapes, columns, page borders | Dropped or flattened | |
| Tracked changes and comments | Dropped | Accept or remove them in Word first |
So it suits text-led documents such as letters, essays, reports and simple CVs. For a designed brochure, a CV with columns or anything that must match Word exactly, use Word's own File › Save As › PDF, or Google Docs' download as PDF, which keep the full layout.
When this converter is a good fit
Sending a cover letter as a PDF
Portals and recruiters often ask for PDF. A text-led letter converts cleanly, and the PDF can't be accidentally edited.
Converting on a computer without Word
On a shared or library machine, you can turn a .docx into a PDF without installing anything or signing in.
Keeping a confidential document local
Contracts and HR letters don't need to go to an online converter's server. Here the file is read in your own browser.
Tips for a cleaner PDF
- Check the margins in the print dialog. The browser's margins are the only page margins, so pick Default or set Custom to match the 2.54 cm (1 inch) that Word uses by default.
- Use Word's built-in heading styles rather than bold, enlarged text. Real headings convert to headings; manual formatting becomes plain paragraphs.
- Accept tracked changes before converting, so you don't lose edits you meant to keep.
- If page breaks matter, check the print preview. Word's manual page breaks aren't carried over, and the browser decides where pages end.