Topline Portable Document Format files, or PDFs, are easily presented and exchanged across softwares—even Word—so here’s how to convert a PDF into a Microsoft Word document.

PDF files are great, but you might need to make some changes in Word. Here's how to convert a PDF file into a Word document using a few of our favorite methods.

Have a PDF you need to edit more easily? Here are a few options for converting, plus some security advice.

To convert PDFs into Word files and on Mac, you should edit them with Google Docs or other third-party applications.

Believe it or not, the latest versions of Microsoft Word (2013 and later) come with a built-in feature that lets you open PDF files directly and convert them into editable Word documents.

Word will launch and a pop-up message will appear, stating that the program will convert your PDF to an editable document and that the results may be different from the source file.