Word to Markdown
Turn Word into Markdown right in your browser. Nothing is uploaded, no account is needed, and the file downloads the moment it is ready.
Pulls headings, lists and tables out of a .docx.
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What this conversion does
Reading Word
The .docx is unzipped in the page and read as WordprocessingML: heading styles become heading levels, real numbering definitions become ordered and bulleted lists, bordered paragraphs become quotes, and fully monospaced runs become code blocks. Embedded pictures are not carried over, and the converter tells you how many it left behind.
Writing Markdown
Portable, diff-friendly text that still reads well unrendered, and drops straight into Obsidian, Notion, a static-site generator or a Git repository.
A real example
Input.docx
Heading 1 — "Quarterly report"
paragraph — "Revenue grew 18% — see the table."
list item — "EMEA up"
list item — "APAC flat"
table — 2 rows × 2 cols
code — "npm run build"Output.md
# Quarterly report
Revenue grew **18%** — see the table.
- EMEA up
- APAC flat
| Region | Q2 |
| --- | --- |
| EMEA | 1.2M |
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npm run build
```Both sides were produced by the converter on this page — the same code that runs when you drop your own file in.
A .docx is a zipped document, not text — so this lists what the file actually contains, read back out of its XML.
How to convert Word to Markdown
Open the converter
Source and target arrive already set to Word → Markdown. There is nothing to configure.
Drop the file, or paste the text
One file at a time. You can also type straight into the editor and watch the preview keep up.
Convert and download
The result shows up in the preview pane first, so you can check it before the .md file lands in your downloads.
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