title: LibreOffice convert PDF to Word as textbox instead normal document
body: <p>I want to convert PDF to Microsoft Word (doc, docx) from Ubuntu 18 terminal using LibreOffice 6.1.3.2 10(Build:2) (actually I execute LibreOffice using PHP). But I got full of textbox document instead normal Word document.</p>
  
  <p>First to understand my problem I suggest to download my file in here: <a href="https://nofile.io/f/DKvQYFRdYZg/pdf2word.rar" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://nofile.io/f/DKvQYFRdYZg/pdf2word.rar</a></p>
  
  <p>i have 4 file:</p>
  
  <pre><code>1.original.doc
  2.original-to-pdf.pdf
  3.pdf-to-word.doc
  4.expected.doc
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>First I convert <code>original.pdf</code> to <code>original-to-pdf.pdf</code>, then I try convert back to Word using this following command:</p>
  
  <pre><code>soffice --infilter="writer_pdf_import" --convert-to docx a.pdf
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>File creation was success but all content is converted to Textbox not as normal document. Then I try several PDF to Word converter like ilovepdf.com and I got <code>expected.doc</code></p>
  
  <p>You can see the different by download my file in link above or see image below</p>
  
  <p>my output:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/eOzLz.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/eOzLz.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>ilovepdf output:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/mWxxw.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/mWxxw.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>I try several filter include pdf to odt then odt to word but all command below not give me expected result</p>
  
  <pre><code>soffice --infilter="writer_pdf_import" --convert-to docx a.pdf
  soffice --infilter="writer_pdf_import" --convert-to docx:"Microsoft Word 2007/2010/2013 XML" a.pdf
  soffice --infilter="writer_pdf_import" --convert-to doc:"MS 2003 XML" a.pdf
  soffice --infilter="writer_pdf_import" --convert-to doc a.pdf
  soffice --infilter="writer_pdf_import" --convert-to odf:"writer8" a.pdf
  soffice --infilter="writer8" --convert-to doc a.odf
  soffice --infilter="writer_pdf_import" --convert-to doc:"MS Word 95" a.pdf
  soffice --infilter="writer_pdf_import" --convert-to doc:"MS Word 97" a.pdf
  soffice --infilter="writer_pdf_import" --convert-to doc:"StarOffice XML (Writer)" a.pdf
  soffice --infilter="writer_pdf_import" --convert-to doc:"MS Word 2003 XML" a.pdf
  soffice --infilter="writer_pdf_import" --convert-to docx:"MS Word 2003 XML" a.pdf
  soffice --infilter="writer_pdf_import" --convert-to doc:"MS Word 2007 XML" a.pdf
  soffice --infilter="writer_pdf_import" --convert-to doc:"MS Word 2003 XML" a.pdf
  soffice --infilter="writer_pdf_import" --convert-to docx:"MS Word 2007 XML Template" a.pdf
  soffice --infilter="writer_pdf_import" --convert-to docx:"MS Word 2007 XML" a.pdf
  soffice --infilter="Microsoft Word 2007/2010/2013 XML" --convert-to doc a.pdf
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I know about premium software like <code>abbyy cloud</code> or <code>adobe cloud</code>, but I don't think website like ilovepdf will use paid service to provide free service. My question is, have I missed something in LibreOffice dependency to be able convert PDF to normal word document?</p>