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How to Convert PDF into Word on Mac OS X El Capitan

Natively, there is no built-in software or settings available in the Mac OS X 10.11 that can convert PDF file to Word documents. So, if you want to accomplish the task, you will have to rely on a great PDF to Word converter for Mac OS X El Capitan. Now you will learn how to convert PDF to Word on Mac OS X El Capitan with a good PDF converter. You can also check the best PDF to Word converter app here.

Part 1PDF to Word Converter for Mac OS X El Capitan

pdf to word converter for mac el capitan

Wondershare PDFelement for Mac provides many options to convert a PDF file to Word document. Converted documents can either be saved in the form of .doc or .docx. If you are trying to convert a scanned PDF, you can use the OCR option to extract the text from that image to get the best results in Microsoft Word.

In addition, the powerful editing features in PDFelement will let you edit approximately every aspect of the PDF file from text to images. PDFelement for Mac allows you to create PDF file from scratch, you can either create a blank PDF file or add multiple PDF files to create one PDF file.

Part 2How to Convert from PDF to Word on Mac OS X 10.11

Here's how you can use the Wondershare PDFelement to convert a PDF to a Word document on Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan.

Step 1. Import PDF into PDFelement

After installation, launch PDFelement on your Mac and then import the PDF documents you want to convert. On the Home window, click on the "Open File" button to add your PDF.

Step 2. Edit Your PDF (Optional)

After loading the files, you can edit them in any possible way. Click the "Edit" button on the top toolbar and then select the text to replace it with the text or image or directly add images and text in the PDF File.

If you want to insert, delete, crop, extract, rotate, split pages on PDF, you can go to the "Pages" menu on the right side. Expand it to get the option you need.

Step 3. Annotate Your PDF (Optional)

Once the files have been edited, click on the "Markup" button to reveal the annotating settings. You can either sign the document, add watermarks to it, or highlight text, add sticky notes, comments and much more.

Step 4. Change PDF into Word

The last and most important step is the conversion of PDF file to Word. Click on the "Convert" button in the top right corner of PDFelement for Mac.

A new window will be opened, click on the Add Files and select more files. Select the format for the Word, you can save the output file as .doc or .docx. If you are converting scanned PDFs, you should enable the OCR feature before conversion. Once you have set everything, click on the "Convert" button to start the process.

Pro-Tips:

Converting PDF file may change the formatting of the text in the file, so, carefully select the output version. We will highly recommend you to use .docx as most of the computers have office which is compatible with them.

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Published: Jan 25,2016 18:48 pm / Updated: Dec 09,2016 11:54 am

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