Turn PDFs into editable documents in Word for iOS

(Originally posted July 10, 2024 By ~ Deepika Dhupar and Hasit Jain)

Hello, Microsoft 365 Insiders! We’re Deepika Dhupar, a product designer, and Harshit Jain, a product manager on the Word team. We’re excited to announce that you can now access PDFs directly on your iPhone and iPad and convert them into editable Word documents.

Convert PDF to editable documents in Word for iOS

There are approximately 2.5 trillion PDFs distributed across web and mobile platforms. Despite being a preferred way to share information, managing them can be confusing. Viewing, editing, signing, printing, or converting a PDF often requires switching between multiple applications, fragmenting the user experience, increasing costs, and creating potential security vulnerabilities.

To address these issues and improve document management, we’ve made it easier to access PDFs directly from your iPhone and iPad and convert them to editable Word documents.

How it works

1. Open the PDF using the Files app on your iPhone or iPad and select: Share Tap the icon at the bottom left of the screen. Open in Word.

   Files app on iOS

2. To find specific content in a PDF: find Click the icon in the toolbar at the top of the screen, type the text you want to find, and then tap it. find.

   Two side-by-side screenshots showing how to search for text in a PDF.

3. To convert your PDF to a fully editable Word document, tap: Convert to Docx At the bottom of the screen.

   PDF in background, menu in foreground

4. To save your PDF to the cloud and access it from anywhere: more Tap the menu (three horizontal dots) in the top right corner of the screen. Save asTap on the cloud location you want and then click. get.

   Two side-by-side screenshots showing how to save a PDF to the cloud

5. To share your PDF with others: Share Click the icon in the top bar, add the email addresses of the people you want to share this PDF with, and then tap Share. let go.

   Two side-by-side screenshots showing how to share a PDF

effectiveness

This feature is available to Microsoft 365 Insiders running Version 2.86 (Build 24051517) or later.

feedback

We want to hear your thoughts! To submit your thoughts on this feature, tap your profile picture in Word on iOS, then Help & Feedback> Tell me what you like orPlease let me know what could be better.

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