Excel (XLSX) to Markdown table

Convert Excel worksheets into Markdown tables for a README, documentation or notes. Blank spacer columns — the ones many spreadsheets use for visual separation — are removed so the table reads properly.

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Excel to Markdown: before and after

This worksheet contains three columns and two tasks. Its first row becomes the header of a Markdown table you can paste into a README. Charts and cell styling are not included.

Source document · structure preview

Sheet: Release plan

Task         | Owner | Status
Write guide  | Alex  | Done
Review copy  | Sam   | In progress

Actual Markdown output

| Task | Owner | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Write guide | Alex | Done |
| Review copy | Sam | In progress |

Try it yourself: Download the Excel sample Download its Markdown

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

Worksheet data as GFM pipe tables
The first row promoted to a real table header
Dates and numbers rendered as displayed rather than as serial numbers
Formula results, not formula text

What does not

Charts, images and pivot tables are not represented — only cell values.
Cell colours and conditional formatting carry no meaning in Markdown and are dropped.
Very wide sheets produce very wide tables; Markdown has no column width to fall back on.

Questions

Why is my header row correct here but wrong in other anydoc-based tools?

A known bug in the current engine synthesises a blank header row whenever a sheet contains a fully empty column, pushing the real header down into the body. This site corrects that before showing you the result.

Are .xlsm macros a problem?

No. A .xlsm is a .xlsx that may carry VBA. Only cell values are read; macros are never executed.

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.

Excel (XLSX) to Markdown table

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