Need to edit a PDF document for free? Don't worry, we've put together a couple of easy-to-follow shortcuts.

3. Convert from the command line You knew this was coming, right? If you use LibreOffice, it has a built-in command line tool that can be used to convert PDFs to Word documents.

Topline Portable Document Format files, or PDFs, are easily presented and exchanged across softwares—even Word—so here’s how to convert a PDF into a Microsoft Word document.