Turn a scanned PDF into an editable Word file
The only copy of the document is a scan. You need to edit its content in Word before resubmitting â retyping pages is the deadline-killer this tool removes.
Drop your file here â or click to choose
scanned PDF document ¡ up to 200MB each ¡ processing starts instantly, preview is free
No signup needed. Only pay if you want the clean file.
Frequently asked questions
How accurate is the recognition?
Clean 300-DPI scans of printed text typically exceed 95% word accuracy. Handwriting, stamps and heavy skew reduce it â the free preview lets you sanity-check before paying.
What about the scanned images themselves?
Output is optimized for editable text: pages become text paragraphs. The scan images are not embedded â use PDF Make Searchable instead if you need the visual archive.
My document is already a text PDF.
You will get a clear message pointing you to the PDF to Word tool, which is faster and more accurate for that case.
When this tool is not the right choice
You only need search/copy, not editing.
PDF Make Searchable keeps the original visuals with an invisible text layer.
PDF Make Searchable keeps the original visuals with an invisible text layer.
The scan is of handwriting.
Handwritten OCR is unreliable everywhere â manual transcription or a handwriting specialist remains the honest option.
Handwritten OCR is unreliable everywhere â manual transcription or a handwriting specialist remains the honest option.