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PDF to RTF ready to edit.

RTF opens in Word, Pages, WordPad, TextEdit and LibreOffice. Fonts, sizes, colours, bold and italic text and pictures are kept.

Drop a PDF here

PDF only · up to 50 MB · up to 1000 pages

01How it works

How to convert a PDF to RTF document

  1. 01

    Add a PDF

    Drop the PDF you want to convert.

  2. 02

    Convert

    Select Convert. Text, styles and pictures are written into a RTF document.

  3. 03

    Download

    Download the RTF document and open it in your app.

Before you upload

Accepts
PDF
Limits
Up to 50 MB per file and 1,000 pages, one file at a time
Processing
On PocketPDF's own servers. Files aren't passed to outside conversion services.
Your files
Only your account can download them, unless you create a share link. If you don't sign in they're deleted after 1 hour; once you do, they stay until you delete them (up to 1 GB).
Price
Free. Use the tool straight away, then sign in with Google to download.

02Questions

Common questions

Why RTF instead of Word?

RTF is older and simpler, but opens in nearly every word processor, including ones that can't read DOCX.

What about scanned PDFs?

Pages that are pictures of text are read with OCR (text recognition), so you still get text you can edit.

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