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Converting formats

A PDF describes where marks appear on a page. A Word document describes a flow of paragraphs. Converting between the two means reconstructing information that was thrown away when the PDF was made, which is why every converter — including ours — produces an approximation rather than the original source file.

These guides set realistic expectations for each direction of conversion, explain why formatting drifts, and describe when a rasterised image is the better answer than an editable document.