How to Convert Documents to Markdown

Turn PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel files, and other formats, into clean Markdown. The output keeps the document's structure: headings, lists, tables and links. That makes it easy to paste into a README, a wiki, a static site, or an AI assistant such as ChatGPT or Claude.

What Is Markdown?

Markdown is a plain-text format that uses simple symbols for structure: # for headings, - for list items, | for table columns and ** for bold text. Markdown files are small, readable as-is, and supported by GitHub, Notion, Obsidian, documentation tools and most AI tools.

Converting a document to Markdown removes the visual styling (fonts, colors, page layout) and keeps the content and its structure.

How to Convert a Document

Step 1: Choose a File

Click the upload area or drag a file onto it. You can convert one file at a time, up to 10 MB.

Format	Extensions	What you get
Word	.docx	Headings, paragraphs, lists, tables, links
PowerPoint	.pptx	One section per slide, including speaker notes
Excel	.xlsx, .xls	One Markdown table per sheet
PDF	.pdf	The document's text (see the PDF notes below)
Web page	.html, .htm	Headings, lists, tables, links
Data	.csv, .json, .xml	CSV becomes a table; JSON and XML are kept as text
E-book	.epub	The book's chapters as Markdown
Outlook email	.msg	Sender, recipients, subject and message body
Text	.txt	The text as-is

Older Word (.doc) and PowerPoint (.ppt) files are not supported. Open them in Office or LibreOffice and save them as .docx or .pptx first.

Step 2: Convert

Select Convert to Markdown. Most documents take less than a second. Large PDFs and spreadsheets can take a few seconds.

Step 3: Review, Copy or Download

The result has two tabs:

• Preview shows the Markdown rendered as formatted text, so you can check the structure.
• Markdown shows the raw Markdown source.

Then:

• Copy Markdown copies the full text to your clipboard.
• Download .md saves it as a Markdown file with the same name as your document.
• Choose another file replaces the document so you can convert the next one.

The word and character counts help you check whether the text fits an AI tool's input limit.

Notes on PDF Files

PDF files store text as positioned characters rather than as structured paragraphs and headings. The converter extracts the text in reading order, but:

• Headings usually come out as plain paragraphs.
• Tables may come out as text in columns rather than as Markdown tables.
• Scanned PDFs (images of pages) contain no text layer, so they produce no output. Text recognition (OCR) is not supported yet.
• Password-protected PDFs cannot be converted. Remove the password first.

For the cleanest result, convert the original Word or PowerPoint file instead of a PDF exported from it.

Privacy

Your file is sent over an encrypted connection, converted in memory, and discarded as soon as the result is returned. Files and their content are not stored or logged.

Common Uses

• Prepare documents for AI tools: Markdown gives language models clear structure with fewer tokens than raw document formats.
• Move content into documentation: paste Word or Confluence-exported content into a README, a docs site or a wiki.
• Turn spreadsheets into tables: put an Excel sheet into a pull request, an issue or a chat message.
• Archive in plain text: Markdown files stay readable without any special software.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does my converted PDF have no text?

The PDF is most likely a scan: each page is an image. Text recognition (OCR) is not supported yet. If you have the original document, convert that instead.

Are images included?

No. Markdown references images by link, and the images inside a document are not extracted. Image descriptions (alt text) are kept where the document has them.

Does it work with Arabic and other right-to-left languages?

Yes. Word, PowerPoint, Excel, HTML and text files keep their text in the correct order. Some PDFs store right-to-left text in visual order, which can produce reversed words. Converting the original Word file avoids this.

Is there a file size limit?

Yes, 10 MB per file. For larger documents, split the file into parts and convert each one separately.