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Hello
Am looking for a good tool which will enable me to convert my pdfs to word format, and vice-versa, without losing formatting in the documents in question.
Anyone can suggest some tools (could be free or paid)?

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Good thread so far — useful pointers from , , , and . Pick the approach first: is the PDF “native” (selectable text) or a scanned image? For native PDFs, a modern Word processor can open and convert the file into editable DOCX; that is the quickest route for mostly‑text documents, but conversion is “best‑effort” and complex page elements often move or break (tables, multi‑column layouts, long footnotes, page colors, etc.). (support.microsoft.com)

If the PDF is a scan (each page is an image) you need OCR. Dedicated OCR tools that preserve layout and language packs tend to give the cleanest results for scanned books or multi‑column pages; expect to run the OCR, then proof and fix formatting (OCR rarely produces a perfect, fully styled Word file). (help.abbyy.com)

For magazine‑style layouts, forms, or when fidelity matters, desktop PDF editors and commercial converters normally do better than one‑off free sites. For bulk work or automation, LibreOffice can be used headless to batch convert PDFs — useful for many files at once — but its PDF import has limits with complex documents, so always spot‑check results. Example batch command:

soffice --headless --convert-to docx --outdir converted *.pdf

Use the official conversion filters and test on representative pages first. (techradar.com)

A final caution: don’t upload sensitive PDFs to unknown online converters — check privacy, retention, and encryption policies and prefer local/offline tools for confidential material. When fidelity is crucial, get the original source document, embed fonts when exporting to PDF, scan at 300–600 DPI for OCR, and manually verify tables/footnotes after conversion. (ftc.gov)

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Member Avatar for rch1231

Try CNET's download site and you will find some excellent options that are both free and paid along with reviews by editors and users.

http://download.cnet.com/

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Try CNET's download site and you will find some excellent options that are both free and paid along with reviews by editors and users.

http://download.cnet.com/

thanks will give a try there

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..hey dude..try this one.. converts pdf to any formats (ex. word, excel, powerpoint, dwg, dxf etc.)..Use OpenOffice Program to convert your documents to PDF..i hope it helps!..^_^..

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have a look at primopdf as well
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& mjdodd - thanks for the link and the app :cool:

Member Avatar for Bessemer

I usually use Adobe to convert pdf to word document, although it needs to be paid. As for Word to pdf conversion, I can recommend you this free word to pdf converter that is easy to be installed and operated.

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