How to Edit PDF in Word Easily

You need to edit a PDF document, but you prefer to edit the PDF in Word due to the better editing experience of Office Word. With huge number of advancements, it is now easier to edit PDF in Word. There are many tools available freely on the internet that can be downloaded and installed to make it easier and secure to edit PDF in Word. These tools come with additional features that are very resourceful. You would love the Wondershare PDFelement for a number of reasons – primarily that it will make your productivity levels go a definite few notches up.

Part 1. The Conventional Way: Edit PDF in Word 2016 or 2013
Part 2. The Advanced Way: Edit PDF in Word with Better Results

Part 1The Conventional Way: Edit PDF in Word 2016 or 2013

This is the first way to edit PDF in Word. It is simple. It involves direct editing of PDF files in Word. Here are the steps to edit PDF in Word 2016 or 2013:

Step 1. Insert PDF to Word

To edit a PDF in Word, open the file in Word like any other document. Click on the "Insert" option and go to the "Object" button and click on it.

Step 2. Open and Edit PDF in Word

In the new window, click on "Create from File" and then "Browse" to find the PDF fileand its location. After finding the PDF, click on "Open". The file is now editable in Word and you can edit this PDF in Word directly.

The Setbacks of Editing PDF in Word Directly:
The aforementioned method is easy. But it has quite a few major disadvantages which make it not so recommendable for use. A few of them include:

Word uses PDF Reflow which works well only with texts. So, it is not completely useful.
The original formatting of the document may get distorted. The resulted format may be bad..
Data corruption can occur many a times due to direct conversion.
If the PDF is a scanned document, it may cause certain problems in the file.
Larger files take long time to get converted.

Part 2The Advanced Way: Edit PDF in Word with Better Results

Wondershare PDFelement is your one-stop solution when it comes to editing PDF files. There is a lot that you can do with it, right from combining PDF files to converting multiple files at once. It runs on popular OS like Windows and Mac, and you can run it easily on your laptop or PC since the system requirements aren’t that much. Plus, features like OCR makes image to text conversion really easy and simple. Here is a look at some of the features that you would absolutely love.

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Edit – Now, you can change all that you want in the PDF file, from images to texts and more.
OCR – Just select images and turn the content in it to PDF or Word files in one easy go!
Form- Have form or text fields within a PDF document? Let Wondershare tell you all the fields that you can fill in, so that you don’t miss any!
Convert – Convert all your favourite PDF files into a file format of your choice, without losing out on any of the original formats.
Annotate – Create notes as you wish, right in the PDF document and strikeout, underline and highlight text, just like you do in a Word document.
Password Protect and Digital Signature- Protect all that you care with password protection.
Redact - Don’t like something in the PDF file? Just delete it with this option.

The conversion of files from PDF to Word on PDFelement ensures high-quality of the converted files. Here’s a step-by-step as to how to edit PDF in Word with the use of PDFelement.

Edit PDF in Word in Windows

Step 1: Open PDF and Click on "To Word"

Now, open a PDF file in PDFelement. Choose the "Home" button at the top of the page. You will then see a "To Word" button for the conversion. Click it.

Step 2: Convert PDF to Word and Edit PDF in Word

You need to check for all the choices offered in the new window and choose to change the settings as your requirements. Such as, choose the output format as "Word (*.docx)" or "Word (*.doc)" according to the version of your Office Word.

Now, click on "Convert" to start the conversion process. With PDFelement, you can get the converted Word document a better result than import and edit PDF in Word directly. The converted file will keep the original format with 100%. You can just open and converted file and edit in Word freely and completely.

Edit PDF in Word in Mac OS X

Step 1: How to Edit PDF in Word after Conversion

Mac users need to start the software first on their Mac device. Now, they need to select the file to convert and click on the "Convert" button directly. In the new window, select the output format as "Word Document", click "Convert" and this will change the PDF document to Word. Now, you can just open and edit the converted PDF in Word.

Step 2: How to Edit Scanned and Image PDF in Word

The other method to do is for image documents. Here, click on the "Convert" button and select the image file. Remember to enable the OCR slider that is around the bottom left corner. Choose the language you want to convert to and the format ("W" is for Microsoft Word). Then, click on the "Convert" button.

You’re done! Open Microsoft Word. Click "File" and then "Open". Browse for the converted file. Open it and start editing. You can edit the file that comes out at the end. Wondershare PDFelement makes it really easy to convert all the documents that you need, in simple easy steps.