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Convert .docx files into editable templates/documents

Easily create editable PandaDoc templates and documents from .docx/.doc files.

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Availability: Essentials, Business, and Enterprise plans

Learn here how to quickly & easily create editable PandaDoc templates and documents from your .docx and .doc documents.

Account owners enable this feature in the Marketplace (found in the bottom left of your PandaDoc account.)

Formats you can import: .docx and .doc

Expand to learn more about limitations

  1. From .docx or .doc files, we can import the following fonts only: Arial, Helvetica, Georgia, Times New Roman, Monospace

  2. Text Effects and Typography cannot be imported

  3. Line Spacing of your .docx file will be set to the default PandaDoc

  4. Only simple tables with simple borders can be imported (no design, no merged cells);

  5. Shapes, Charts, SmartArt are not supported

  6. Orientation will be set to portrait

  7. Page color, border and margins cannot be imported, ‘US letter’ paper size will be applied

  8. Document comments and footnotes will not be imported

  9. Only simple number lists (with numbers, letters, without text between clauses) are supported

  10. Table of contents will not be converted (you will need to add it by using the Table of contents block in PandaDoc)

Upload & Convert your file

Click on Create new button, then click on Local file in the pop-up window on the left, or simply drag & drop a file from your device.

Once it's uploaded, choose Convert (With the Skip you will proceed to a non-editable PandaDoc document).

Warning: PandaDoc doesn’t support importing documents from OneDrive for Business. Files uploaded from Dropbox, OneDrive, or Box will be uneditable.

Review your content

Your template/document will be broken down into content blocks, you can edit them:

You can add variables as placeholders for dynamic content (any info that will change from document to document):

You can also modify the design of your document or template – just click the Design icon on the right-hand side:

Here’s more on how to create documents and use templates.

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