Turning a Word document into a PDF before you send it is good manners — the PDF looks the same everywhere and can't be edited by accident. This converter takes a modern Word file (.docx), reads its text, headings, bold and italic runs and lists, and lays them out into a clean PDF, entirely on your device.
What carries over — stated plainly
All of the text, in order. Titles and headings at their proper sizes and weight. Bold and italic inside paragraphs. Bulleted and numbered lists as bulleted lines. Alignment (left, centre, right, justified). Simple tables arrive as text rows — readable, but not drawn as grids. What does not carry over: images, charts, text boxes, multi-column layouts, headers/footers, page numbers, and Word's exact fonts (the PDF uses Helvetica, the universal stand-in). If your document is a designed piece — a brochure, a formatted CV template — Word's own “Save as PDF” will be pixel-faithful; this tool is for the everyday case of text that needs to travel.
About .doc files
The old binary .doc format (pre-2007) can't be read reliably in a browser, so it is not accepted here. If your file is .doc, open it in Word, Google Docs or LibreOffice and “Save As” .docx first — the conversion then takes seconds.
Private by design
Like every CalcViso file tool, this one runs entirely in your browser. The file you choose is read by this page, processed on your device, and offered back as a download — it is never uploaded to a server, never stored, and never seen by anyone else. Close the tab and it is gone from memory.
Worked example
Use the sample button: it writes a real one-page Word document in your browser — title, headings, bold and italic text, a list — loads it as the input, and converts it. Open the PDF and check each feature arrived.
How to use this tool
- Drop your .docx file onto the box (or create the sample).
- Check the paragraph count the tool reports — it should match your document.
- Press Convert to PDF.
- Download the PDF and skim it before sending — a ten-second check beats a wrong attachment.
Page size and fonts
Pages are A4 with comfortable margins — the world's default everywhere except North American letter paper. Body text is set in Helvetica at 11pt with generous line spacing, so the output reads like a neatly retyped document rather than a photocopy: deliberately so, because the conversion is a re-layout, not a facsimile.