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PowerShell document automation across OfficeIMO's document, spreadsheet, presentation, PDF, Project, Access, EPUB, invoicing, and conversion engines.

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Release OfficeIMO-v3.5.3
Language: C# Updated: 2026-11-03
Cmdlet

ConvertTo-OfficePdfWord

Aliases: ConvertTo-PdfWord
Module
PSWriteOffice
Aliases
ConvertTo-PdfWord
Inputs
System.String
Outputs
System.IO.FileInfo OfficeIMO.Word.Pdf.PdfWordConversionReport
Source
ConvertToOfficePdfWordCommand.cs:22 Edit on GitHub

Reconstructs editable Word content from a PDF.

Syntax

ConvertTo-OfficePdfWord
[-Force]
[-IgnorePermissionRestrictions]
[-Open]
[-Options <PdfToWordOptions>]
[-OutputPath] <String>
[-PassThruReport]
[-Password <String>]
[-Path] <String>
[<CommonParameters>]
#
Parameter set: All Parameter Sets

Description

Uses OfficeIMO's semantic PDF reader to recover supported headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, links, images, metadata, and page breaks.

Examples

Convert a PDF to an editable Word document.

ConvertTo-OfficePdfWord -Path .\Report.pdf -OutputPath .\Report.docx

Writes a DOCX document and returns its file information.

Parameters

-Force SwitchParameter optional
Overwrite an existing output file.
-IgnorePermissionRestrictions SwitchParameter optional
After successful authentication, explicitly ignore owner-imposed extraction restrictions.
-Open SwitchParameter optional
Open the converted document after saving.
-Options PdfToWordOptions optional
Advanced OfficeIMO PDF-to-Word reconstruction options.
-OutputPath String requiredposition: 1aliases: OutPath
Output DOCX path.
-PassThruReport SwitchParameter optional
Return the detailed conversion report instead of file information.
-Password String optional
Password used to authenticate an encrypted PDF.
-Path String requiredposition: 0pipeline: True (ByValue)aliases: FilePath
Input PDF path.

Common Parameters

This command supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable.

For more information, see about_CommonParameters.