The tool unzips the .docx in the browser, reads its paragraphs, lists, tables and pictures, and lays them out as a fresh PDF with pdf-lib. Headings, bold, italic, underline, text colour, alignment, numbered lists, tables and pictures carry over. Every word is set in Noto Sans rather than the document's own fonts, tables get a plain grey grid instead of Word's borders, and links stay blue, underlined and clickable.
It is a content-faithful PDF, not a photocopy of the Word layout. For a pixel-identical copy, Word's own Save as PDF is the right tool; for a quick, private, shareable PDF on any device, this is.
A CV to a job portal that only accepts PDF. A draft to a client who should read but not edit. A finished document that has to open the same way in ten years. All three want a PDF of a Word file, and only sometimes is Word to hand. The tool above works on a phone, a Chromebook or a locked-down work laptop, and the document never leaves it.
How to convert Word to PDF
Add the .docx
Drop it or browse. Modern .docx only; save an old .doc as .docx in any current app first.
Press Convert to PDF
The file is unzipped in memory, its paragraphs, lists, tables and pictures are read, and pages are laid out in the browser at the document's own page size.
Download the PDF
A standard PDF 1.7 with the Noto Sans it is set in embedded, so it opens and prints the same everywhere.
Runs in any modern browser on any device.
Headings, lists, tables, pictures, bold, italic and colour.
The document is read and laid out in your browser.
What carries over, and what is simplified
- Paragraphs, in orderYes
- Headings, larger and boldYes
- Bold and italic runsYes
- Line and paragraph breaksYes
- TablesKept, on a plain grey grid
- Pictures (PNG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, WebP)Kept, below their paragraph
- FontsAll set in Noto Sans
- HyperlinksBlue, underlined and clickable
- Page size and marginsSize kept; the smallest margin used on all four sides
- Charts, text boxes and footnotesLeft out
- Arabic, CJK and Indic text, emojiShown as a replacement mark, and counted
The reason for the gaps is honest: laying out a Word document exactly requires Word's own layout engine, or a very large one like LibreOffice's, and neither fits in a browser tab. What fits is a clean typesetter that respects the structure of your writing. For most sharing, submitting and archiving, that is what people need. For a brochure, it is not.
This tool or Word's own export
You want a quick, private PDF of the content
- Word is not installed, or you are on a phone or Chromebook
- The document is sensitive and must not be uploaded anywhere
- The content is text: a letter, a CV, a policy, a report
- You need the file in seconds, not after a licence prompt
- Draft in Google Docs, download as .docx, convert here
The layout is the point
- Charts, text boxes and Word's own table borders and shading
- Brand fonts that must match exactly
- Links the reader has to be able to click
- Print-shop deliverables and designed documents
- You have Word open anyway
- Anything you would proof against the screen pixel by pixel
Documents that convert well
- CVs and cover letters. Headings, bold and clean paragraphs are what these need. The text is set in Noto Sans whatever font the CV used, and an email address or profile link stays clickable.
- Letters, policies, contracts. Numbered paragraphs and headings come through; the result reads as the same document.
- Reports with pictures and tables. Pictures come through at the width set in Word, each below the paragraph that holds it, and tables keep their rows and columns. Charts do not; if the report depends on them, use Word's export for that one.
- Anything from Google Docs. Docs exports .docx well, and the structure it writes converts predictably.
Documents built around images, multi-column layouts, or hand-placed text boxes are better served by Word's own export. The tool above will still produce a readable PDF of their text, but it will not look like the original.
What a PDF gives you that a .docx does not
A Word file is a living document. It reflows when the recipient's fonts differ, shows tracked changes and comments they were never meant to see, and invites edits. A PDF is a fixed page: it looks the same on every device, carries no revision history, and reads as finished. Converting is less about format than about intent, and the moment to convert is the moment the document stops being a draft.
- A portal or application that only accepts PDFSubmit
- Send a version that reads as final and cannot be quietly editedShare
- Freeze a document so it opens the same in ten yearsArchive
- Print from a device without Word installedPrint
The conversion also leaves out some of what you might not want to send. Comments are not part of the text the tool reads, so none of them reach the PDF; a comment you wanted the reader to see needs to be in the body text. Tracked changes come through as if you had accepted them all: inserted text is laid out as ordinary text and deleted text is dropped. Text formatted as hidden stays hidden: it is left out of the PDF, as it is when Word prints with its default settings. Hiding is not deleting, though, so remove anything confidential from the .docx itself before you send that file anywhere.
After converting
- Several documents into one file: convert each, then merge them in order.
- A portal cap: a text PDF from this tool is small already; if a merged pack is not, compress it in Light mode to keep the text selectable.
- A draft going out for review: watermark it DRAFT so nobody mistakes it for final.
- A document that should not be edited or opened by others: password protect it with editing off.
Why the layout happens in your browser
Word files hold the drafts people are most careful about: a CV with a home address, a resignation letter, a contract, an offer. Uploading one to a conversion server hands the complete text to a third party for the sake of a format change.
The tool is right above
Everything on this page runs in your browser. Scroll up, drop the file, and keep it on your machine.
Common questions
What people ask with a .docx ready to drop.
01Which Word files does it accept?
Modern .docx from Word, Google Docs or LibreOffice. The older .doc format is not supported, but any current app can save a .doc as .docx first.
02Does it keep bold, italic and headings?
Yes. Bold and italic runs and heading sizes carry over. The document is re-laid as clean flowing text rather than an exact visual copy.
03Do images and tables come through?
Yes. Pictures in PNG, JPEG, GIF, BMP or WebP are placed at the width set in Word, each on its own line below the paragraph that holds it. Tables keep their rows and columns, and cells merged across columns stay merged, drawn on a thin grey grid rather than with Word's own borders and shading. Cells merged down several rows are not supported, and the cells beside them can shift one column left. Charts, text boxes and EMF or WMF drawings are left out. For a document where those matter, use Word's own Save as PDF.
04Will the PDF look exactly like my Word document?
Close for text documents, not pixel-identical. Every word is set in Noto Sans, whatever fonts the document uses, so lines and page breaks fall in different places. Links are blue and underlined but cannot be clicked. For an exact match, export from Word itself.
05Can I convert on a phone or without Word installed?
Yes. That is the main reason this tool exists. It runs in any modern browser with no licence and no install.
06Does it handle non-English text?
Western European languages, yes. Text is set in an embedded Noto Sans that covers Latin, Greek and Cyrillic. Characters it lacks, such as CJK, Arabic and emoji, are shown as a replacement mark rather than silently dropped, and the result line counts them. For those scripts, export from Word or Docs directly.
07Is there a size limit?
No fixed limit. Long documents take a little longer because every paragraph is laid out in your browser.
08Can I convert several files at once?
One at a time here. Convert each, then merge the PDFs if they belong in one file.
09Is it free?
Free. Every tool, unlimited use, no signup.