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title: "Convert Word Document to PDF"
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updated: 2025-05-15T00:15:14Z
published: 2025-05-15T00:15:14Z
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# Convert Word Document to PDF

> [!NOTE]
> Applies To
> 
> LexWorkplace Starter, Core, Advanced

You can convert Microsoft Word Documents in LexWorkplace to PDF documents, from within LexWorkplace and without opening the document itself.

### How to Convert Word Documents to PDF

To convert a Word Document to a PDF within LexWorkplace, simply click the three-dot menu next to any Word Document, and then *click Convert to PDF*.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/cc24f28e-6bf8-4cc0-b7cd-519f8d33e693/Images/Documentation/Screenshot-2023-09-13-143332.png)

(You can also click Convert to PDF within the document’s Properties screen).

LexWorkplace will create a new PDF document from the source Word document, in the same location. The PDF will also be indexed and ready for search.

## Multiple PDF Versions

You can also convert the same Word document to PDF *multiple times*, and LexWorkplace will create new versions of the same PDF document each time (viewable in the Version History for the PDF document).

> [!WARNING]
> Conversion to PDF is Imperfect
> 
> LexWorkplace uses LibreOffice (an open-source office suite), behind the scenes, to convert .docx files to PDF format. LexWorkplace/LibreOffice will convert Word documents to PDF with perfect (or near-perfect) parity the vast majority of the time. Some Word documents, however, will appear slightly different when converted to PDF; in particular: content in document headers, footers and tables (but not always). For any PDF conversions that you find insufficient, we recommend using Microsoft Word’s built-in Save as PDF function as a backup/alternative (these cases should be few).