We get a lot of questions from readers about converting PDF to MS Word doc and converting MS Word docs to PDF. \u00a0Newer versions of MS Word (and most word processing programs in free office programs) can open PDF files and save them as Word Docs.<\/span><\/p>\n That being said, if you don\u2019t want to install a full-blown office program, but you\u2019d like a really nice, light-weight, MS Word-like word processor that can create, open, and edit both PDF and Word documents, then we think that you\u2019ll find AbleWord worth a look.<\/span><\/p>\n The folks at AbleWord describe it this way:<\/span><\/p>\n AbleWord is a very capable word processing application that can read and write most popular document formats including PDF\u2019s.\u00a0It is fully featured, supporting image formatting, tables, headers & footers and includes spell checking and print preview functions. Best of all it is totally free even for commercial use. <\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n And in our tests, it worked extremely well despite it being a free program that has not been updated since 2015. But don’t let that worry you. It works on Windows 10 and all versions of Windows 11.<\/span><\/p>\n You can create, open, and edit the following formats with AbleWord:<\/span><\/p>\n More information from the AbleWord Web site:<\/span><\/p>\n Edit PDF files as simply as Word\u00ae documents<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n There are a few free Word Processing packages available for Windows but none come close to the features offered by AbleWord. It is highly compatible with popular document formats including .DOC & .DOCX but AbleWord can also open and save as a PDF which makes it a very useful tool to have.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n AbleWord (is) very simple to install and use, it is commonly used as a PDF Editor and also for converting PDF to Word\u00ae but of course it is also a splendid Word processor and supports most of Microsoft Word\u00ae features.<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n We found AbleWord very easy to use. The PDF editing function works well on some PDF files and so-so on more complex files. But we’re not saying that it’s as good as an expensive, professional PDF editor like Adobe Acrobat Pro. But AbleWord doesn\u2019t cost hundreds of dollars either. It\u2019s 100% free.<\/span><\/p>\n You can read more about and\/or download AbleWord here.<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Here are some screenshots from our installation and testing of AbleWord.<\/span><\/p>\n While it hasn’t been updated in five years, AbleWord still looks great. 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\nAbove: No malware or tricks, but AbleWord does associate itself with MS Word DOC and DOCX, which is great if you don\u2019t have MS Office installed or some other Office program that handles DOC and DOCX formats installed. If you have MS Office or another office program installed, you might want to uncheck the box as shown in the screenshot above.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2017\/ableword5.png\")
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