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Convert Word to PDF

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How to convert Word to PDF

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Click the Upload file button above and select the Word document that you want to convert to a PDF.

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Watch as Dropbox instantly converts your Word document to a PDF.

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Download your converted PDF directly to your device.

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Do more with Dropbox

With a Dropbox account, converting your DOC and DOCX files to PDF is just the beginning. Our purpose-built PDF tools and workflows make storing, editing, and sharing PDFs simple.

Convert and store PDFs

Convert Word documents to PDF from within your Dropbox account

Speed up the conversion process by converting files directly from your Dropbox account.

Simply right-click any DOC or DOCX file stored in your Dropbox account, click Save as, and select PDF from the options. No tiresome manual uploading and exporting required—instead, convert any Word document to PDF in seconds.

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Edit PDFs

Edit PDFs online with helpful tools at your fingertips

There’s no need to sacrifice editing capabilities when converting from Word to PDF. With the built-in online PDF editor, Dropbox gives you complete control over the structure and contents of your PDF files:

  • Add, remove, reorder, and rotate pages in your PDF
  • Use the draw tool, text box, and text highlighter to add annotations, feedback, and additional copy to your PDFs
  • Combine multiple PDFs into a single document
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Share PDFs

Secure PDF sharing with access management controls

Dropbox makes it easy to share your PDFs securely and effortlessly in real-time.

Share a link to any PDF in your Dropbox account and control who can view and edit the documents. If circumstances change, you can revoke access at any time with full control over file sharing permissions.

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Frequently asked questions

PDFs provide an easy format for sending finished documents, without the risk of sharing an editable file.

By converting a Word document to PDF you lock-in the formatting, including the fonts you have used. This means that, when sharing the file, it will be seen exactly how you intended—even if they don’t have the fonts installed on their device.

With Dropbox you can convert a wide range of document file types to PDF, including GDOC (Google Docs), PPT (Microsoft Powerpoint), and TXT.

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Any Word document stored in your Dropbox account can be converted to a PNG, JPG, or PDF without needing to download the file or use additional software.

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While both formats are associated with Microsoft Word, DOCX is the successor to DOC. The biggest difference between the two formats is that DOC files are binary, while DOCX files are based on the Open XML format.

What does this mean for file users? In addition to typically being smaller in size and more efficient than DOC files, DOCX files offer additional security benefits and are easier to open in other software due to their compatibility with the Open XML standard.

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