Convert Microsoft Word documents (.docx) to clean Markdown — paste Word content or upload a .docx file to extract headings, bold, italic, lists, links and tables as Markdown.
Copy text from a Microsoft Word document and paste it into the input area. Formatting such as headings, bold, italic, lists and links is detected automatically.
The converter maps Word formatting to Markdown syntax: headings become # H1, ## H2; bold becomes **bold**; italic becomes *italic*; lists become - or 1. items.
Click Copy Markdown to grab the output, or Download .md to save as a Markdown file. The output is compatible with GitHub, GitLab, Notion, Obsidian and any Markdown editor.
The converter maps the most common Word formatting to Markdown equivalents: Heading 1/2/3/4/5/6 styles → # / ## / ### etc., Bold → **text**, Italic → *text*, Bold+Italic → ***text***, Underline → *text* (closest Markdown equivalent), Strikethrough → ~~text~~, Hyperlinks → [link text](url), Bullet lists → - item, Numbered lists → 1. item, Blockquotes → > text, Inline code → `code`, Tables → pipe-format Markdown tables, Horizontal rules → ---.
Both options are supported. For pasting: copy content from a Word document (Ctrl+A, Ctrl+C) and paste it into the input area — formatting metadata is passed through the clipboard. For uploading: click Upload .docx and select a Word document. The .docx file is parsed locally in your browser using a JavaScript library (mammoth.js) to extract text and formatting without any server upload. Both methods produce equivalent results.
Yes — tables in Word documents are converted to pipe-formatted Markdown tables. The first row is treated as the header row. Cell content including inline formatting (bold, italic, links) is preserved within the Markdown table cells. Complex table features like merged cells (colspan/rowspan) cannot be represented in Markdown pipe tables — they are simplified to a flat grid with content preserved but merge structure removed.
Embedded images in the Word document are not directly convertible to Markdown (Markdown image syntax requires a URL or file path, not raw image data). Images are replaced with a placeholder comment in the Markdown output: <!-- Image: [image dimensions and position note] -->. To include images, export them from Word separately and host them, then update the placeholder with the correct Markdown image syntax: .
Footnotes and endnotes from Word documents are converted to Markdown footnote syntax where supported: the footnote marker becomes [^1] in the text and the footnote content becomes [^1]: footnote text at the bottom of the document. Standard Markdown does not include footnote syntax, but GitHub, Pandoc, and many extended Markdown parsers (MultiMarkdown, kramdown) support this format. In plain CommonMark, footnotes appear at the bottom as numbered references.
For long documents (50+ pages), convert section by section rather than the whole document at once. This makes it easier to review and correct the output, handle complex tables individually, and deal with special characters or symbols that may not convert cleanly. After converting, read through the Markdown in the preview panel to catch any formatting issues before copying the final output. The word count in the status bar helps you track how much content has been converted.
Yes — the converter detects Word's Heading 1 through Heading 6 paragraph styles and maps them to the corresponding Markdown heading levels (# through ######). This preserves the full document hierarchy. Normal paragraph text becomes plain Markdown paragraphs. The heading structure is also reflected in the live preview which shows a formatted document with the correct visual hierarchy, making it easy to verify the structure is correct before exporting.
Some special characters and symbols used in Word documents do not have direct Markdown equivalents: em dashes (—) become -- or --- depending on context, smart quotes (" ") are converted to straight quotes (" "), ellipsis (…) becomes ..., non-breaking spaces become regular spaces, and various mathematical or typographic symbols may be converted to their Unicode representation or HTML entity. Review the output for any characters that need manual correction.
Yes — Google Docs can be exported in two ways: (1) Copy and paste directly from Google Docs into the input area (formatting is passed through the clipboard similar to Word); (2) Download from Google Docs as .docx (File → Download → Microsoft Word) and then upload the .docx file here. Option 2 typically produces more accurate results as the full formatting information is captured in the Word file rather than just what the clipboard transfers.
Yes, completely private. The entire conversion process runs locally in your browser using JavaScript. For pasted content, no data leaves your browser at all. For .docx file uploads, the file is read and processed entirely in browser memory using the mammoth.js library — it is never transmitted to any server. This makes the tool safe for confidential business documents, legal files, HR materials and sensitive content.
