Word (DOCX) to Markdown

Drop a Word document and get GitHub Flavored Markdown back. Headings keep their levels, lists keep their nesting, tables become pipe tables, and footnotes are carried over as Markdown footnotes.

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Word to Markdown: before and after

This Word sample uses a Heading 1 style and a bold phrase. Compare the heading marker and emphasis in the actual Markdown output. Page layout, fonts and spacing are not reproduced.

Source document · structure preview

Heading 1: Project brief

Goal: Keep the structure.
      ↑ bold text

Turn meeting notes into a Markdown document.

Actual Markdown output

# Project brief

Goal: **Keep the structure.**

Turn meeting notes into a Markdown document.

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How it works

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The converter loads once, about 1.8 MB, and runs in this tab. Your file is not uploaded.
Copy the Markdown, or download it as a .md file.

What survives

Heading levels preserved as # through ######
Ordered, unordered and nested lists, including their original numbering style
Tables as GFM pipe tables, with merged cells expanded across the grid
Bold, italic, strikethrough and inline code runs
Footnotes and endnotes collected at the end of the document
Equations converted to LaTeX

What does not

Images are extracted but not embedded in the Markdown output — the text keeps the alt text.
Tracked changes are flattened to their accepted state.
Password-protected documents cannot be opened.

Questions

What is the difference between .docx and .docm?

Only the macros. A .docm is a .docx that is allowed to carry VBA. Both parse identically here, and macros are ignored rather than executed.

Are Word comments included?

No. Comments live outside the document body and are dropped, so the Markdown matches what you would see when printing the document.

Is my file uploaded to a server?

No. The converter is a WebAssembly build of the anydoc engine that runs inside your browser tab. Your file is read into memory, converted, and discarded when you close the page. Nothing is transmitted, stored, or logged.

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