Word in, Markdown out.
Drop a .docx and get clean Markdown — tables, footnotes, images, and every equation as LaTeX — ready for ChatGPT, Claude, GitHub, or another export. Free, no signup.
— or drop a .docx, .odt, or .rtf here · up to 15 MB · converted once, then deleted
Just need the text formatted? Copy it in Word and paste it into the editor → — formatting becomes Markdown as it lands.
Word, or an .odt / .rtf file. The file goes to our converter once, is turned into Markdown, and is deleted — nothing is kept.
The Markdown opens in the editor with the rendered page beside it: headings, lists, tables, footnotes, images, and equations exactly as Word had them.
Copy the Markdown into a ChatGPT or Claude prompt, keep editing, or export again to PDF, Google Docs, Excel, slides — or back to Word.
What actually happens to the file
A .docx is a zip of XML: the text with its styles, the tables, the images, and each equation as Office Math. Our converter reads it with Pandoc — the same engine that builds the Word files here — and writes Markdown in the other direction: paragraph styles become headings and lists, tables become pipe tables, footnotes become [^1] notes, and every Office Math object is translated into LaTeX, so a formula stays a formula instead of turning into a picture. Images are pulled out of the zip and inlined so the Markdown stands on its own. The file is deleted the moment the conversion ends.
What converts, and into what
| In Word | In the Markdown |
|---|---|
| Headings, bold, italic, lists, links | ATX headings, **bold**, *italic*, nested lists, [links](…). |
| Equations (Office Math) | LaTeX — $E = mc^2$ inline, $$…$$ on their own line. Word's equation editor objects, not pictures of formulas. |
| Tables | Pipe tables with column alignment. Merged cells arrive as a plain grid. |
| Footnotes and endnotes | Markdown footnotes: [^1] in the text, the note at the end. |
| Images | Embedded as data URIs (up to about 3 MB in total), so the Markdown is self-contained; larger pictures become a note where they sat. |
| Tracked changes, comments | The document as accepted; comments are not carried over. |
| Page layout, fonts, colours | Not part of Markdown — set them again in Document setup when you export. |
| Old .doc files | Not supported — open the file in Word and Save As .docx first. |
Common questions
How do I convert a Word document to Markdown?
Drop the .docx on the box above (or click it and choose the file). The converter turns it into Markdown — headings, lists, tables, footnotes, images, and equations — and opens the result in the editor with a rendered preview beside it. Copy the Markdown, edit it, or export it to any other format. It is free and needs no account.
Do Word equations survive?
Yes, as LaTeX. Word stores equations as Office Math (OMML); the converter translates each one into LaTeX — $\frac{a}{b}$, sums, integrals, matrices — so the Markdown is readable by ChatGPT, Claude, GitHub, Obsidian, and this converter's own preview. Exporting back to Word turns the LaTeX into editable Office Math again.
Why would I turn Word into Markdown?
Mostly to hand a document to an AI assistant: pasting a .docx into a chat loses the structure, while Markdown keeps headings, lists, tables, and formulas as text the model reads correctly. It is also the format for GitHub, Notion, Obsidian, and static sites, and a clean way to strip a document of formatting cruft before re-exporting it.
What about Google Docs?
Two ways. Download the Doc as Word (File → Download → Microsoft Word) and drop the .docx here. Or copy the text in Google Docs and paste it straight into the converter's editor: formatting pasted from Docs, Word, or a web page is turned into Markdown as it lands.
Where does my file go?
To our converter, once, over HTTPS. It is read by Pandoc, turned into Markdown, and deleted with every temporary file the conversion made; nothing is logged or stored. From then on the Markdown lives only in your browser, like anything you paste.
Is there a size limit?
15 MB per file. Images embedded in the document are inlined into the Markdown up to about 3 MB in total; anything beyond that is replaced with a note saying an image was there, so a picture-heavy report still converts.