DOCX Converter

The modern Word document, which changes shape on machines without Word.

Up to 50 MB per file. Sign up free to convert files up to 100 MB.

How to convert DOCX files online

Convert Microsoft Word DOCX documents to PDF, plain text, or open-standard formats.

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    Upload your DOCX document

    Drag and drop DOCX files from Microsoft Word, Google Docs exports, or any Office-compatible application. Track changes, comments, headers, footers, and embedded media are all read by the converter.

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    Choose your output format

    Select PDF for a locked, print-ready layout that anyone can view, TXT for plain text extraction, ODT for LibreOffice and open-source editing, or RTF for cross-platform rich text. Fonts and formatting are preserved in PDF output.

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    Download converted document

    Download your converted file with layout, images, and tables intact. DOCX to PDF is ideal for sharing contracts, resumes, and reports that should not be easily edited.

Reasons to convert DOCX documents

Share as locked PDF

Convert DOCX to PDF to distribute contracts, resumes, reports, and proposals in a fixed-layout format that looks identical on every device and cannot be accidentally edited by recipients.

Open in free software

Not everyone has Microsoft Office. Convert DOCX to ODT for editing in LibreOffice Writer, a free and open-source alternative that preserves formatting, styles, and embedded images.

Legacy Office compatibility

Some organizations still run Office 2003 or earlier. Convert DOCX to DOC so colleagues with legacy software can open and edit the document without compatibility issues.

Extract text content

Convert DOCX to TXT or RTF to extract text content for processing, migration, or use in systems that do not support complex Office formats. Tables are flattened to plain text.

Cross-platform formatting

Convert DOCX to RTF for a cross-platform rich text format that preserves bold, italic, tables, and images. RTF opens in WordPad, TextEdit, and every basic text editor on any OS.

No Software Required

Convert DOCX documents online, no desktop apps, no plugins. No watermarks added, formatting preserved, and files are deleted from our servers within 1 hour.

About the DOCX Format

DOCX (Office Open XML Document) is Microsoft's default Word document format, introduced with Office 2007. It replaced the older binary DOC format with an XML-based, ZIP-compressed architecture. This modern structure makes DOCX files smaller, more resilient to corruption, and easier for third-party software to read and write.

DOCX is fully editable across Microsoft Word, Google Docs, and LibreOffice, making it the most widely compatible editable document format. It supports rich formatting including styles, tables, images, headers and footers, track changes, and comments. DOCX is the standard choice for documents that need to be collaboratively edited or revised, from business reports to academic manuscripts.

Frequently asked questions

Will converting change my layout or fonts?

Text and vector graphics stay sharp at any zoom because they are not stored as pixels. Layout is where conversion can show: a font that was never embedded in the source may be substituted, and anything the target format has no equivalent for has to be re-flowed. Complex tables, footnotes and multi-column layouts are the usual casualties. Embedded photographs keep their original quality unless the target format has to re-encode them.

What is the maximum file size for DOCX conversion?

Free users can convert DOCX files up to 100 MB. Pro raises that to 1 GB and Business to 2 GB.
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