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Free PDF/Word to Markdown Converter

Convert PDF and Word documents to clean, structured Markdown instantly.

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PDFDOCX

Max 50MB - All processing happens locally in your browser

About this tool

Markdown has become the standard format for working with large language models, documentation systems, and knowledge bases. Whether you are feeding documents into ChatGPT, Claude, or building a developer wiki, having your content in clean Markdown is significantly more useful than raw PDF or Word text. This tool converts both PDF and Word (.docx) documents into well-structured Markdown files. For Word documents, it uses mammoth.js to extract the semantic structure - headings, bold, italic, lists, tables, links - and then converts that into proper Markdown syntax using turndown. The result preserves your document hierarchy almost perfectly. For PDFs, the situation is more nuanced. PDFs do not store semantic structure like headings or paragraphs - they store positioned text fragments. This tool uses pdfjs-dist to extract the text layer and then applies intelligent heuristics based on font size ratios to detect headings, bullet points, and paragraph breaks. Multi-page PDFs are processed page by page with a progress indicator, and page boundaries are marked with horizontal rules. Everything runs entirely in your browser. Your documents are never uploaded to any server, making this tool safe to use with confidential documents, contracts, internal memos, or any sensitive content. The files are processed locally using JavaScript and discarded the moment you close or refresh the page.

How to use

Step 1: Drag and drop your PDF or Word (.docx) file onto the upload area, or click to browse.
Step 2: The tool will automatically detect the file type and begin conversion.
Step 3: For large PDFs, a progress indicator will show which page is being processed.
Step 4: Switch between Raw Markdown and Rendered Preview using the toggle.
Step 5: Click Copy Markdown to copy to clipboard, or Download .md to save the file.

Frequently Asked Questions

This tool supports PDF (.pdf) and Word (.docx) files. The .doc format (legacy Word) is partially supported but .docx will give much better results since it has a structured XML format that mammoth.js can parse accurately.

No. This tool extracts text from the PDF text layer. If your PDF is a scanned image (like a photographed document), there is no text layer to extract. You would need an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) tool for that. The converter will show a warning if it detects a PDF with no extractable text.

Yes, for Word documents. Tables are converted to GitHub-Flavored Markdown (GFM) table syntax with proper headers and alignment. For PDFs, table detection is limited since PDFs do not store table structure - the text will be extracted but may not maintain perfect tabular formatting.

No. All processing happens entirely in your browser using JavaScript. Your files are never sent to any server. This makes it completely safe to use with confidential, proprietary, or sensitive documents.

The tool supports files up to 50MB. For PDFs with hundreds of pages, processing happens page by page with a progress indicator. Extremely large files may take a few seconds to process but will not freeze your browser.

Markdown preserves document structure (headings, lists, tables) in a plain-text format that LLMs can parse and understand much better than raw PDF text or Word XML. Converting your documents to Markdown before feeding them to ChatGPT, Claude, or other AI tools significantly improves the quality of the output.

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