# English PDF to Word layout comparison — 2026-10-14

The two-page source PDF is self-authored for this public sample. It is a fictional supplies record, not customer material. One upload and two pages of parsing produced the shared result. Word was exported in Preserve PDF Layout and Reflow modes.

The DOCX files are unchanged native product downloads; only the local filenames used in this package differ. A third preserved-layout export restored the initially selected default after the comparison; that repeat is not a new source or an independent quality sample.

Reflow: 2 native tables, each 4 rows x 6 columns; 0 textboxes; Letter section size. The quantity and amount for 003 are blank. 0/0.00, -1/-5.00 and total44.60 remain. The source footer text is absent.
Preserved: 0 native tables; 62 positioned textboxes; two A4 sections. Source footer text is retained. Table-like appearance does not create native table row/column objects.

The preview PDFs and page images were rendered locally with LibreOfficeDev26.8 and process-local Fontconfig referencing existing system/bundled fonts. They are not Microsoft Word/WPS UI or interactive-editing tests. The reflow preview has1page, with both source tables; the preserved preview has2pages, corresponding to source pages. No system font settings or native DOCX files were modified.

english-word-layout-settings.jpg is an actual screenshot of the Chinese export interface with Preserve PDF Layout selected; JPEG re-encoding only. The English guide explains the visible Chinese button labels and membership conditions.

No guarantee is made for complex layouts, scans, formulas, arbitrary fonts or all target apps. Check the file in your actual editing environment.