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.

How do you convert the PDF into a document that you can edit to add or remove paragraphs, move text from one part of the document to another, and so on?

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

Nonetheless, converting a PDF to a Word document can save you from the trouble of recreating the document from scratch, enabling easier editing and customization.