Save a Word document as a PDF.
For sending a Word file to someone who reads on a phone or prints at home.
A PDF is the right format when the recipient should not edit the file. Send a contract, a final report, an invoice, or a resume as a PDF and the layout stays exactly how you wrote it — no fonts missing, no margins shifting. We render the document through LibreOffice headless, which is the same engine behind the open-source Office viewers and most Linux distros; tables, footnotes, and embedded images all come through clean. If the original .docx is what you want to edit, the Word format is unchanged.
Not sure if your file is ready? Run the free PDF size check first — same privacy pitch, runs in your browser.
or click to browse. DOCX up to 50MB.
Free with sign-in. Files deleted in 1 hour.
Three steps.
- 01Drop your DOCX or click to choose.
- 02We convert it to PDF on the worker — fast and exact.
- 03Download the result. We delete everything in an hour.
- Is my file secure?
- We never read your file. Conversion runs in an isolated container, and we delete the upload and the result within an hour.
- What's the file size limit?
- 50MB on Free · 200MB on Pro · 500MB on Max.
- What if my PDF is too large to email?
- Run the free PDF size check first — we’ll tell you whether your file fits in Gmail, Outlook, or Apple Mail, and which DocShop tool will get it there. The check runs in your browser; the file never leaves your device.
- Will my fonts carry over?
- Yes — the PDF embeds the fonts from the Word document, so the layout looks identical on any device, even if the recipient doesn't have the fonts installed. Custom fonts you don't have work too — we substitute a close match and warn if the match is poor.
- Does the PDF keep my track changes and comments?
- No. Track changes are accepted (or rejected, depending on the document's current state) when the PDF is generated. Comments are dropped. The PDF represents the document as it would print — final state, no markup.
- Can I convert a .doc (old Word format) file?
- Yes — we accept both .doc and .docx. Older .doc files convert through the same engine as .docx; the layout typically comes through cleanly but very old documents (Word 97-2003) may have minor formatting differences.
- Will formatting be preserved?
- Layouts, fonts, and images come through cleanly. For signed contracts or anything going to a client, open the result once before sending — automated conversion is reliable but not perfect.
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