Sometimes, Word doesn't detect an element, and so the Word version doesn't match the original PDF file. When that happens, the text can't be edited. If the PDF contains mostly charts or other graphics, the whole page might show up as an image. But Word keeps the document's reading order.
But when you open a PDF file in Word, it might not look exactly the way it looked as a PDF.įor example, the pages might break at different places. PDF Reflow works best with files that are mostly text-for example, business, legal, or scientific documents. Word makes a copy of the file, so no matter how the document looks when you open it in Word, you always have your original PDF file. To find out how your PDF file will reflow in Word, try it.
Word uses a feature called PDF Reflow to convert PDF files into Word documents you can edit.
