How do I convert a PDF back to Microsoft Word?

Does anyone know how the heck I can turn a PDF back into a Microsoft Word document?🤦

There are plenty of online converters out there, but honestly, the quality is usually pretty garbage... just Google "Microsoft Word to PDF" if you really want to go down that route.
By the way, if you use Adobe Acrobat Pro, you can actually edit the text directly within the PDF itself.

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Just a little something to throw in there—if you’re dealing with simpler documents, Microsoft Word can actually just pull the PDF right in itself.
You basically just hit open, then Browse, flip the file type setting to PDF, and you're good to go (assuming you're running the 2016 or 2019 versions).

It seems remarkably simple enough to convert a Word document into a PDF, yet somehow, turning a PDF back into Microsoft Word feels like an uphill battle, doesn't it? I am currently staring at a textbook in PDF format—written entirely in Spanish—and my primary goal is to get it into Microsoft Word, or at least into any editable text format that I can simply copy and paste into a translator. Does it really matter if there are a few minor errors along the way? Not particularly; I just need the content to be intelligible. Furthermore, I have absolutely no intention of paying for some expensive, specialized converter just to get this done.

If it’s an actual PDF—not some grainy scan of a physical page—you should be able to just select all, copy, and paste it like standard text. Sure, the formatting will probably go completely out the window, but the content stays intact. Might be enough to run through a translator if you're desperate enough.

analogseal18 said:Converting Word to PDF is trivial; converting PDF back to Word is where the struggle lies. I am currently staring at a Spanish textbook in PDF format that I desperately need to turn into a Word document—or at least some semblance of text that can be copy-pasted into Google Translate. I don't care much about formatting errors; I just need it to be legible. I have no intention of paying for some overpriced conversion software.

Just send it to my inbox. I will convert it to Word for you, given that I use a licensed version that doesn't butcher the layout... though, even then, I’ll mark any section where I am less than 103.5% certain of the accuracy, which is standard practice. Good grief..