PDF to Markdown

1. Choose your PDF and leave Pages blank, or enter a page selection.
2. Select Convert to Markdown and check each preview page.
3. If needed, turn on Join wrapped lines and convert again. Include page labels when you want to keep track of the source pages.
4. Select Download Markdown. You can also copy a preview page or continue with Markdown to PDF.

Pages

Choose all pages or a selection such as 1-3, 5.

Join wrapped lines

Join clearly related lines into paragraphs. Leave this off to keep uncertain line breaks.

Include page labels

Add a Page label before each exported source page.

Preview page

Review one source page at a time before saving.

Process all files

Create one Markdown file per selected PDF, using the settings above.

PDFs with selectable text. Use Unlock PDF first if a password is required to open the document.

PDFs up to 256 MB. Up to two million text characters across a selection; choose fewer pages for larger text documents.

Up to 200 selected pages per conversion. Detection is conservative: merged tables, complex columns and uncertain reading order may need arranging.

Tests cover Chromium, Firefox and WebKit on a Mac. WebKit is not a physical Safari or mobile-device check.

One Markdown file per PDF. Unsupported files are reported individually; other valid files continue.

This reads existing selectable text. A picture of a page has no text to copy; those pages are listed so you can open the file in OCR if needed. OCR is not run automatically.

Large bold text can become headings. Explicit bullet marks become lists. Repeated aligned rows with numbers can become simple tables. Uncertain layouts stay as text; review columns and unusual page layouts.

Pictures and the original page layout are not copied. Text that looks like HTML or Markdown is kept as literal text. Links are not reconstructed from PDF annotations.

Every data row is retained. Markdown requires a header line, so an empty header is added when no clear header is found. No column names are invented.