I have seen ample of online services to convert PDF files into Microsoft Word docs – but they cost. Those online converters may either require creating an account (meaning unnecessary flow of Spam to your inbox), downloads (why download for one time conversion and invite malware?), are time consuming (takes ages to multiple pages of PDF documents) or charge for conversion service. What is the simplest and fastest alternative to these free or paid online converters? Well, look no further than Google Docs. Unlike those free online conversion services, Google Docs will not only create a copy of your private document and use without your knowledge and consent – and that’s too risky, isn’t it? Besides some ‘free’ online converters will allow you to convert only a certain amount of data and for one time only and then you need to pay to get convert all the pages of PDF document into Microsoft Word. That’s why Google Docs is a free and reliable alternative to these services.
Advantages of converting PDF to Microsoft Word format with Google Docs
- Google Docs has OCR technology in place for extracting text from PDF documents and pictures and it works for PDFs of 34 different languages
- Google Docs can also convert protected documents that may not be supported by online PDF converters
- You can use your existing Gmail credentials to log in on Google Docs and this will not bombard your inbox with spam or promotional mails
- You do not need downloading unknown .exe software that may contain malware or spyware. All you need to do is to sign in, sync files from your hard disks to Google Docs and get it converted instantly. Voila!
- And it’s easy.
Here are the steps –
- Type in Docs.google.com
- Sign in with your Gmail username and password
- Select the PDF file and click on ‘Start upload’
- Go to the Google Docs homepage to find the file in the list of all documents. This will be at the top.
-  Now, right click on the respective file and select ‘Download’ from the list of options in the drop down menu.
- The ‘Convert and Download’ dialog box will open. Choose ‘Microsoft Word’ from the drop-down menu, and click on ‘Download’.
Google Docs will enable you to download as long as 2MB file, however, you can upload PDF file of up to 10 GB and view on Google Docs itself. So, that’s the way it works. Do you find this information useful? Write to us and tell us what tips you need.
