Convert PDF to Word Document using Java

This article will demonstrate how to convert a PDF to Word document with a 3rd party free Java API.

Import JAR Dependency (2 Methods)

● Download the Free API (Free Spire.PDF for Java) and unzip it, then add the Spire.Pdf.jar file to your project as dependency.

● Directly 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:

Code Snippet

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: