Later versions of Microsoft Word do not allow users to Edit text in Print Preview. Rather, the Edit mode only lets you edit the print preview without returning to the document.

Editing in PDFs in Microsoft Word has become a lot easier since Microsoft built in more functionality, starting with Word 2016. Its cousin the Edge browser has impressive PDF capabilities too ...

Microsoft's Conversion Options Microsoft offers users of older versions of Word three options to enable them to open, view, edit and save DOCX files.

Until now, Office files opened in Preview mode and users had to either switch to editing mode or download the file.