Every PDF tool you need,
running inside your browser.
Compress, convert, merge, sign, redact and read scans. Choose a tool and open a file — it is processed on this device and never uploaded.
Why this is different
No document is uploaded. This can be independently verified.
Comparable services transmit your file to a server and undertake to delete it subsequently. PaperJET has no server to which a document could be sent: the tools are compiled to WebAssembly and execute within this browser tab, on your own device. Nothing is queued, nothing is capped, and the work continues if you go offline after the page has loaded.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Are documents uploaded to a server?
No. Every tool executes within your own browser using WebAssembly. The file is read from local storage by the browser and is not transmitted, so no server holds a copy of it. This may be verified by disconnecting from the network once the page has loaded; the tools continue to function normally.
Is PaperJET free to use?
Yes. All tools are provided free of charge, with no account required, no watermark applied and no file size limit.
Can a scanned PDF be processed?
Yes. The OCR tool reads the text from a scan and can return the same scan with an invisible text layer applied, so that the document appears unchanged while becoming searchable and available for copying.
Can a PDF be converted to Word or Excel?
Yes, where the PDF already contains text. Where the file is a scan, the OCR tool should be used instead; the interface will indicate which case applies.
Is there a file size limit?
No. As processing is performed on your own device rather than on a server, the constraint is the available memory of that device rather than an upload cap.
Convert PDF to Word
Produces an editable Word document from a PDF, retaining the layout while making the text editable. The conversion is performed in this browser tab, which matters more here than for most tools: the documents people convert to Word are usually the ones they intend to edit — contracts, reports, statements — and those are precisely the documents that should not be handed to a stranger's server.
How to convert PDF to Word
- Open the PDF you want to convert.
- Convert. Documents with complex multi-column layouts take longer than plain prose.
- Save the .docx and open it in Word, Pages, Google Docs or LibreOffice.
PDF describes finished pages; Word describes a document that reflows. Converting between them involves inference. Straightforward text converts faithfully; heavily designed pages with overlapping columns and floated images will need tidying.
If the PDF is a photograph of a page, there is no text to extract and the result will be an image in a Word wrapper. Run OCR on it first, then convert — that produces genuinely editable text.
Questions about PDF to Word conversion
Is the PDF uploaded to convert it to Word?
No. The conversion runs entirely in this browser tab. The document is read from your own device and is not transmitted, so no copy exists on any server.
Will the formatting survive the conversion?
Ordinary documents — reports, letters, contracts — convert with their formatting substantially intact. Pages built around complex visual layout are approximated, because PDF and Word describe pages in fundamentally different ways.
Can a scanned PDF be converted to editable Word?
Not directly, as a scan contains no text to extract. Use the OCR tool first to recognise the text, then convert the result. Both steps run locally.
Is there a watermark or a page limit on the Word file?
Neither. The output carries no watermark and there is no cap on length or file size, because there is no server cost to recover.