# Any way to convert PDF file \*into\* Word 2003 or 2007?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 23, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-convert-pdf-file-into-word-2003-or-2007/518588 "2009-11-23T00:53:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-convert-pdf-file-into-word-2003-or-2007/518588/1 "2009-11-23T00:53:02Z")

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I have a PDF document that is not a scanned image, but a Word 2003 document converted to PDF using PDF Creator, a freeware program that lets you do this conversion. I have lost the original Word file, but still have the PDF. I know I can just copy/paste and reformat, but is there a program that lets one import into Word and keep (most of) the formatting?

I tried Googling “convert pdf into Word 2003” and I’m not finding much straight information. On a Ubuntu site, there was mention of something called K-Word, but I couldn’t figure out if it would work on XP, which I have.

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-convert-pdf-file-into-word-2003-or-2007/518588/2 "2009-11-23T00:54:53Z")

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Have a look at Nitro PDF Professional

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**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-convert-pdf-file-into-word-2003-or-2007/518588/3 "2009-11-23T01:42:31Z")

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[This website](http://www.pdftoword.com/) will do it for you.

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**Author:** ![jdc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@jdc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jdc)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-convert-pdf-file-into-word-2003-or-2007/518588/4 "2009-11-23T02:42:45Z")

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If the free site does not work for you…

I used Able2Extract for a while, until it failed on some pdf’s, now I am using  
Nuance PDF Professional. Nuance product is about $50 vs Adobe Acrobat at $299.

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-convert-pdf-file-into-word-2003-or-2007/518588/5 "2009-11-23T02:54:03Z")

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I signed up for [Nitro PDF Professional](http://www.nitropdf.com/index.asp) the day they had a one day free offer. I’ve been converting pdf to Word files. It works great. It’s usable as a 14 day trial if you want to download it.

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**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2009, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-convert-pdf-file-into-word-2003-or-2007/518588/6 "2009-11-23T04:41:28Z")

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> [@RealityChuck](#):
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> [This website](http://www.pdftoword.com/) will do it for you.

Wow, perfect! Thanks!