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How to Convert Password Protected PDF to Word

Portable Document Format or the PDF files are said to be the most secure and non-editable document files that can be used to send documents, books, forms or sheets. Most of the PDF documents when forward to a person are protected by the passwords. If the user want to access or edit these files, they will have to enter the password. What to do if you are one of those persons who have received a PDF file which is password protected and wants to convert them into the Word document? This guide will teach you how to convert password protected PDF to Word.

Part 1 Best Password Protected PDF to Word Converter

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Wondershare PDFelement is available for both Windows and Mac OS X. The best thing about this software is that you do not have to any other software to remove the password from your PDF file. When you convert PDF file to Word document the permission password will be automatically removed.

As the name of PDFelement indicates it will cover every element for the PDF file. You can either create a new PDF file from Word documents, images, PPTs or Excels or can convert the PDF Files to the Microsoft Office document, images, EPUB and more within a few seconds. Apart from that, you can also use this tool to edit the PDF file; you can add or remove text or images or can modify the existing text or images in the PDF file.

Part 2How to Convert Protected PDF to Word

Wondershare PDFelement is available for both Windows and Mac OS X. After downloading, run the application and install it on your computer.

Step 1. Import Your PDF

First of all, open your PDF file with Wondershare PDFelement. You can either click on the "File" in the top left corner or select "Open" from there or you can click on the "Open" from the Home window.

The method of adding PDF files in Wondershare PDFelements for Mac OS X is also simple. Click on the "Open File" button on the Home window and select the files that you want to convert.

Step 2. Convert Password Protected PDF files to Word:

Once you have opened the file in PDFelement, you will see a "Home" tab, under which simply click on the "To Word" button. Now add files, select page range and specify destination folder. After selecting these options, click on the "Convert" button on this window. After that your PDF document will be converted in the Word document without any password.

For Mac users, click the "Convert" button on the top right corner. Now, select "Word" from the output format lists, specifies number of pages and output folder and finally, click on the "Convert" button.

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Published: Apr 27,2016 9:38 am / Updated: May 05,2017 14:03 pm

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