Convert Word to PDF — free

How it works

1. Drop or select your Word document (DOC, DOCX, ODT, RTF, TXT).
2. Click Convert to PDF. The LibreOffice engine renders your document faithfully.
3. Download the resulting PDF. Source and PDF are deleted after 1 hour.

Word layout preserved

Our conversion engine is built on LibreOffice, the reference open-source office suite. It preserves layout, embedded fonts, images, tables, footnotes, headers/footers, pagination and styles. Clickable hyperlinks remain functional in the PDF.

Conversion typically takes between 2 and 8 seconds depending on complexity — a 5-page document converts in under 3 seconds on average.

Accepted Word formats

Microsoft Word: DOC (Word 97-2003), DOCX (Word 2007+). OpenDocument: ODT (LibreOffice, OpenOffice, Google Docs export). Rich text: RTF, TXT. Most files generated by Word 2007+ or Google Docs (DOCX export) are supported with no adjustment.

Free limit: 10 MB per file. Premium plan: 200 MB + batch processing up to 20 files.

Privacy and security

Conversion on servers in France (OVH Gravelines), no US tier in the chain. The source Word document and the resulting PDF are deleted within 1 hour maximum, no result caching. Documents are not indexed, not analyzed, not reviewed by anyone — only processed by the automated conversion engine. GDPR DPA available on request.

Frequently asked questions

Are Microsoft fonts (Calibri, Arial…) preserved?

Common fonts are rendered faithfully via their free equivalents preinstalled on the server. Custom fonts embedded in a DOCX are extracted and used for rendering. If a rare font is missing, LibreOffice automatically substitutes the closest match.

Are headers, footers and page numbering preserved?

Yes. Headers, footers, page numbering, table of contents and footnotes are preserved as-is in the resulting PDF.

Do hyperlinks remain clickable?

Yes. Internal links (table of contents) and external URLs are preserved and remain functional when the PDF is opened.

Can I convert a PDF back to Word?

This tool only converts to PDF. Reliable PDF → Word conversion is complex (text re-flow, OCR if scanned) and not currently covered by conv2pdf.