Markdown to Word converter
Both directions of the eternal handoff: turn markdown into a .doc file that opens in Word with headings, tables, lists, and code styled — or paste formatted text from Word and get clean markdown back. The conversion runs entirely in your browser; the document is never uploaded.
Status Report
Summary
Everything is on track for the September release.
| Workstream | Status |
|---|---|
| Backend | Done |
| Frontend | In QA |
- Finish QA sign-off
- Update the runbook
How does markdown to Word work?
The markdown is rendered to HTML (the same GitHub-flavored pipeline as the HTML converter) and wrapped in a Word-compatible envelope — a format Word has opened natively for twenty years. Word shows a compatibility prompt on some versions; click through and use Save As → .docx to normalize it. Tables, nested lists, blockquotes, and monospaced code all survive the trip.
How does Word to markdown work?
When you copy from Word, the clipboard carries an HTML version of the selection. Pasting into the converter reads that HTML and translates it element by element — headings to #, bold to **, tables to GFM pipes — while discarding Word's styling noise (fonts, colors, margins), which is exactly what you want when the destination is a README or a docs site. Run the result through the formatter for perfectly consistent output.
What doesn't convert?
Anything markdown can't express: comments, tracked changes, footnote formatting beyond GFM, text boxes, and embedded charts. Images pasted from Word reference your local clipboard and need re-uploading wherever the markdown will live — see the image syntax guide. For a PDF instead of a Word file, use the markdown to PDF converter.