Documents conversion
Convert DOC to TIFF
Updated Jul 2026
DOC is the old Word document format, and TIFF is an image format used for scans, print, and archival. Converting DOC to TIFF turns each page into a flattened picture rather than editable text. Doing this on your own computer means the document's contents, and whatever it remembers about who wrote it, never reach someone else's server.
- Extension
- .doc
- Type
- Documents
- Typically
- Old Word documents
- Metadata
- Carries EXIF
- Extension
- .tiff
- Type
- Images
- Typically
- Scans, print, archival
- Transparency
- None
- Metadata
- Carries EXIF
Convert DOC to TIFF on your own computer. Nothing uploads.
How to convert DOC to TIFF
- Open Morphjet and drag in the DOC file you want to convert, or a whole folder of them.
- Choose TIFF as the output format.
- Convert. Morphjet renders each page as an image and writes the TIFF files locally, nothing leaves your machine.
DOC vs TIFF: what actually changes
| DOC | TIFF | |
|---|---|---|
| Editable text | Yes, fully editable in a word processor | No, it's a flattened image of the page |
| File size | Smaller, especially for text-heavy documents | Much larger, since every page becomes a full image |
| Quality | Native text and formatting, not a rendered image | Lossless, an exact pixel copy of how the page looked |
| Compatibility | Needs Word or a compatible app, and old .doc files can be finicky on newer software | Opens in nearly any image viewer, scanner tool, or archival system |
| Keeps author and edit history (metadata) | Yes, author name, edit history, comments | No, that document metadata isn't carried over, though basic image tags may be added |
When to convert, and when not to
Convert DOC to TIFF when a document needs to go into a system that only takes images, like a fax service, a court filing portal, or an archival workflow built around scanned pages.
Keep the original DOC if anyone still needs to edit the text, because once it's a TIFF it's just a picture of the page, not words you can select or change.
Why not just use an online converter?
Old Word documents carry hidden metadata, including the author's name, the computer it was written on, tracked changes, and sometimes earlier text still sitting in the revision history. Send that file to an online converter and all of it travels along with the visible page content. Converting on your own computer keeps the document, and what it remembers about who wrote it, off any other machine.
Questions
Does converting DOC to TIFF lose quality?
The page itself doesn't get compressed or blurred, since TIFF is lossless, but you do lose the ability to select or edit the text. The page becomes a fixed image, so what you see is what you're stuck with.
Will the TIFF keep the document's text searchable?
No, not on its own. A TIFF is just pixels, so unless you run it through OCR afterward, the words in it are part of a picture rather than searchable text.
Does the TIFF keep the author name and edit history from the DOC?
No. That kind of document metadata doesn't carry over into an image. The TIFF only holds what the page visually looks like.
Can I convert DOC to TIFF without uploading it anywhere?
Yes. Morphjet converts the file on your own computer, so the document never travels over the internet. You could disconnect from wifi first and it would still work.
Why would anyone want a TIFF of a Word document?
Some older systems, like fax machines, court filing systems, and scanner-based archives, are built to accept only image formats. Converting to TIFF satisfies that requirement without retyping anything.
Morphjet converts DOC, TIFF, and 1,800+ other formats, all on your machine. Launching this July.