Convert PDF to Word Document in Java

In the process of manipulating PDF documents, it’s inevitably that we may encounter a situation where we need to convert PDF to other document formats to meet the needs of different work occasions. In this article, I’m going to demonstrate how to convert a PDF to Word document with simple code.

Tools:
● Free Spire.PDF for Java
● IntelliJ IDEA

Installation
Method 1: Download the Free Spire.PDF for Java and unzip it.Then add the Spire.Pdf.jar file to your project as dependency.

Method 2: You can also add the jar dependency to maven project by adding the following configurations to the pom.xml.

<repositories>
        <repository>
            <id>com.e-iceblue</id>
            <name>e-iceblue</name>
            <url>http://repo.e-iceblue.com/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
        </repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>e-iceblue</groupId>
        <artifactId>spire.pdf.free</artifactId>
        <version>3.9.0</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

The original PDF document is shown as below:

Java Code

import com.spire.pdf.*;

public class ConvertPDF {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        //Create a PdfDocument object
        PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
        //Load the sample PDF file
        doc.loadFromFile("C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\The Scarlet Letter.pdf");

        //Save as .doc file
        doc.saveToFile("output/ToDoc.doc",FileFormat.DOC);

        //Save as. docx file
        doc.saveToFile("output/ToDocx.docx",FileFormat.DOCX);
        doc.close();
    }
}

The output Word document: