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How To Insert PDF Into Word

by Hung Nguyen

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The easiest ways to insert a PDF into Word, either as an image or in an editable format, online or offline.

We make PDF easy, and that includes tips and tricks on how to get the best out of your PDF files. Below, you’ll find out how to insert a PDF into a Word file within seconds, either as an image or in a format that’s editable.

How To Insert PDF Into Word From Microsoft Word

  1. Open the Word document you want to insert a PDF into.

  2. Under “Insert” click “Object” and choose “From File…”

  3. Choose the PDF file from the pop-up window and press “Insert.”

  4. Ta-da! Your PDF should now be on the page.

This method is great if you want to place a PDF file as an image into your Word document, where you can easily crop, resize, or duplicate. However, you won’t be able to edit the content of the PDF, which leads to the next method.

How To Insert PDF Into Word Online for Free

 

Inserting a PDF into Word in an editable format is difficult and usually requires expensive software. Fortunately, we can help you with this, for free, using our online PDF to Word tool. All you have to do is:

  1. Open up the online PDF to Word converter.
  2. Upload your PDF file to the tool.
  3. Choose “Convert to Word.”
  4. Wait for Smallpdf to process your file.
  5. Download the Word document!
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How to switch from PDF to Word in a few clicks with our online tool

As our software converts the file to Word format, we’ll also extract the content from the original PDF to a Microsoft Word document. Then, you can easily copy, remove, or add additional content to the document. You can also work on the file as it is, or merge the content with another Word file.

Other Useful PDF-Related Tips

 

We have 20+ other tools to help make your work with documents even easier, including:

  • Word to PDF: convert your Word files back to a PDF

  • Protect: encrypt any PDF file with a password

  • Merge: combine converted PDFs into one file

  • Compress: reduce the size of your PDFs

Questions on how to insert PDF into Word? Feel free to reach out to our support team. We’re always happy to help!

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Hung Nguyen
Hung Nguyen
Senior Growth Marketing Manager @Smallpdf