How to Convert PDF to Word Document on a Mac

How to Convert PDF to Word Document on a Mac

In an open Finder window, select "Applications" in your window Side Bar and scroll down to the Automator application. Double-click the "Automator" application to launch it.

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Select "Custom" in the upper-left corner of the new "Automator" window that opens, and then click "Choose" in the lower-right corner to begin constructing your "Automator" PDF-to-text application.

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In the new "Automator" window, click "PDFs" in the first column under Actions, and then double-click "Extract PDF Text" in the second column. A new option dialogue box will open to the right of the columns. Click the "Rich Text" radio button. Make any changes, if you wish, to where the new file will be saved using the "Save File to:" pop-up menu and the name of the new file in the "Output File Name" options.

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Click "File" in the Mac Menu Bar and drag the cursor to "Save As" in the File menu. Release the mouse and a "Save As Dialogue" window will appear. Click the "File Format" button and select "Application." Enter a name for your new PDF-to-text"application in the "Save As" field. Use "PDF to text" or any name that's easy for you to remember. Click "Save" to save the application. Quit "Automator."

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Single-click the PDF file to convert it to a Rich Text text file you wish to use in Word, and drag and drop the file on top of the PDF-to-text application that you just created. Release the mouse and the PDF-to-text application will automatically convert the PDF file to a Rich Text file.

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To open the file in Word or any other word processing application, click and select the new Rich Text file created by the PDF-to-text application; then drag and drop the file on your Word application icon. Release the mouse and the text file will open in Word, with its text formatting intact.