Convert Markdown to a Word document
Turn a .md file into a .docx you can open in Word, Google Docs or LibreOffice, with headings, tables and code blocks carried across as real Word formatting.
PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or OpenDocument
Word, Excel and PowerPoint convert to PDF exactly as they would print.
Why copy and paste does not work
Pasting Markdown into Word gives you exactly what you typed: hashes in front of headings, asterisks around bold text, pipe characters where a table should be. Word has no idea the file was Markdown, so it treats every symbol as literal punctuation. Converting parses the structure first, so a line beginning with ## becomes an actual Heading 2 rather than a paragraph starting with two hashes.
What comes across
Headings map to Word’s built-in heading styles, which is what makes the navigation pane and an automatic table of contents work. Tables become real Word tables, fenced code blocks keep their monospaced formatting, and lists — including nested ones and task lists — keep their structure. Links stay clickable. Strikethrough, bold and italic all survive.
Where it is genuinely useful
Documentation written in Markdown that a client or a manager wants as a Word file. A README that has to become a deliverable. Notes from an editor that only speaks Markdown, going to someone who only reads Word. In each case the writing is done and the problem is purely that the recipient wants a different container.
Frequently asked questions
Which flavour of Markdown does it understand?
GitHub-flavoured Markdown, which is what most people actually write. Tables, fenced code blocks, task lists, strikethrough and autolinks all behave the way they looked on GitHub.
What happens to images in my Markdown?
Images referenced by a path on your own machine are not pulled in, because the converter only ever sees the Markdown file you provide and not the folder around it. Add those to the Word document afterwards, where you can size and place them properly anyway.
Can I convert the Word file back to Markdown?
Not with this tool, which goes one way. Round-tripping between the two formats tends to be lossy in both directions, so it is usually better to keep the Markdown as the original and regenerate the Word file when it changes.
Does a .markdown extension work too?
Yes. Both .md and .markdown are accepted and treated identically.