To convert a PDF to a Word document in Microsoft Word, go to the Microsoft Word app on a desktop and click Open, click on the location of the PDF, such as “On My Mac,” select the PDF file ...

PDF files are great, but you might need to make some changes in Word. Here's how to convert a PDF file into a Word document using a few of our favorite methods.

However, if you just need to convert a PDF to a Word document once a while, there are other free methods of doing so. If that’s the case, skip to the next sections.