Document to Markdown

Convert local PDF text, supported Word structure or HTML into Markdown you can review and copy.

Tool guide

How to use Document to Markdown

Convert local PDF text, supported Word structure or HTML into Markdown you can review and copy.

  1. Choose one local PDF, DOCX or UTF-8 HTML file, or paste HTML. Choosing a file does not parse it. Try the labelled sample without consuming a file-tool run.
  2. Free: 100 MiB PDF/DOCX or 16 MiB HTML, 16 million extracted characters, 2,000 PDF pages. Pro: 500 MiB /64 MiB /64 million characters /10,000 pages. Expanded archive, structure and output limits also apply.
  3. PDF reading order is approximate; no PDF formatting, tables or automatic OCR. DOCX supports ordinary headings/emphasis, bullet/decimal lists, links and unmerged rectangular tables. HTML supports a structural subset. Layout, embedded images and active content are discarded. Review before using.
  4. Choose Convert, then compare the raw Markdown excerpt with its inert rendered preview. Preview is bounded; Copy Markdown and Download Markdown contain the complete supported result. Rendered links and images never load external resources.
  5. DOCX uses stored field results and can include hidden-style text; headers/footers, notes, comments, drawings and page layout are omitted. Tracked revisions, embedded documents, merged/nested tables and unsupported numbering reject. Tables use the first row as a Markdown header. HTML source styling is discarded; CSS-hidden text can remain.
  6. Cancel, edit, Clear or leave to terminate local work and discard exports. Files/results are not uploaded or saved to an account; downloaded files remain on your device.
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Common questions

Which Word files and document structures work?

DOCX supports an unencrypted ZIP32 stored/deflate subset with explicit sizes and verified checksums. ZIP64, streaming data descriptors, archive comments, macros and duplicate paths reject. Free/Pro: 200,000/1,000,000 retained XML or HTML nodes, nesting64; main DOCX XML64/256MiB and auxiliary XML8/32MiB. These budgets are independent of the source-byte limit. PDF needs selectable text; no automatic OCR or reconstructed page layout.