How to convert restricted PDF to Word format?

PDF (Portable Document Format) is a file format created and developed by Adobe in 1993 for electronic documents exchange. It is known that PDF is not easy to edit without an expensive Adobe Acrobat, but we could find some alternative way to slove this problem. You can convert restricted PDF to Word, then copy or print or edit the text content in converted editable Word files.

 

There are so many websites on the internet offering the service to convert PDF to Word online, some are free. However, you need to upload your PDF files to the website platform and enter an emaill address, then converted Word files will be sent to your mailbox. It takes a long time to wait for uploading and receiving the converted Word files. What's more, they cannot support to convert encrypted PDF to Word.

 

What's restricted PDF?

Usually, people proclaim Authority (Title and Author data) and Meta Data ( Keywords and Subject information) with digital sign, and also set two different passwords to protect their PDF files. User Password: It is used to prevent other people from opening your PDF files; Owner Password: by setting this password, your PDF files are protected from copying, printing or editing, that means, others cannot change the PDF content, just reading them.

Below shows the restrictions of a PDF that allowed printing, copying and extracting.

 

How to convert restricted PDF to Word?

As mentioned above, those online PDF converters cannot convert restricted PDF to Word, so, you have to download some desktop PDF to Word converter to convert restricted PDF to Word format. Below are steps to use it convert encrypted PDF to Word documents.

 

Step1. Download and run the PDF to Word converter

Click to download the PDF to Word converter, and run it by clicking shortcut icon on your desktop.

 

Step2. Import restricted PDF files need to convert

Click "Add PDF(s)" to import PDF files, or drag and drop a batch of PDF files to the interface. If the added PDF files are protected by user password, you will find before the file name, just enter user password to unlock it.

 

Step3. Convert encrypted PDF to Word format

Just click the Convert button to start to convert encrypted PDF to Word documents. After the conversion, you can edit PDF in Word now.

 

Tips: There are many online PDF to Word converters you can find on the internet, but most of these free online PDF to Word converters don't support to convert encrypted PDF to Word files. You can go to see the PDF to Word converters' review to find the differences between online PDF to Word converters and desktop applications.