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PDF to RTF

Converts a PDF to an RTF document you can open in WordPad, Word, LibreOffice or TextEdit. The text is kept as text with its font, size, bold, italic and colour, along with ruled tables and pictures. It reflows like any word-processor document, so exact positions, columns, vector graphics and page backgrounds are not kept, and a scanned PDF with no text is refused: run OCR PDF on it first. Converting needs a server, so the file is sent over an encrypted connection, converted, and the copy there is deleted as soon as the result is sent back, unless you are signed in and asked to keep it.

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Turn a PDF's text into an RTF document you can edit.
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What it does

PDF to RTF, at a glance.

  • Write a PDF's text, tables and pictures as an editable RTF document
  • Keep font, size, bold, italic and colour on the text
  • Delete the server copy as soon as the result is sent back

This tool needs a server. The file is sent over an encrypted connection, processed, and the copy there is deleted as soon as the result is sent back — unless you are signed in and asked to keep it.

Step by step

How to convert PDF to RTF

  1. Open the PDF you want as an RTF document.
  2. Send it to convert. It travels over an encrypted connection.
  3. Download the RTF and open it in any word processor.

Questions

PDF to RTF: questions and answers

Yes. Reading a PDF into RTF needs a server, so the file is sent over an encrypted connection. The copy there is deleted as soon as the result is sent back, unless you are signed in and asked to keep it.

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