Turn a PDF into Markdown for AI tools and notes
AI assistants, notes apps and wikis work best with plain, structured text. Markdown keeps the headings, lists and tables of a document without the clutter of a PDF.
Why Markdown
Pasting text copied from a PDF often gives broken lines, missing headings and tables turned into a jumble. Markdown marks up headings, lists, bold text, links and tables in a simple way that AI tools understand well and notes apps display neatly.
Converting on your own device means you decide exactly what an AI service sees. You can remove pages or black out details first.
Key benefits
- Structure keptHeadings, lists, bold text, links and tables come across.
- Scans tooScanned pages can be read with OCR and included.
- Smaller and cleanerMarkdown is far smaller than a PDF, so more of a long document fits in an AI tool's limit.
- Choose your pagesRemove pages you don't need before exporting.
How to convert a PDF to Markdown
- Open PDF to Markdown and add the PDF.
- Remove any pages you don't need, and choose whether to show page breaks.
- Press Export Markdown. Open the .md file in any text editor and paste it where you need it.
Tips
- Leave page breaks on if you'll ask an AI tool where something appears in the document.
- For a scanned document, switch on Read text in scans and photos.
- Black out personal details with Redact PDF before sharing a document with any online service.
Questions
Are pictures included?
No. Markdown export is for the text. Tables are kept as Markdown tables.
Can I open a Markdown file without special software?
Yes. It is a plain text file and opens in Notepad, TextEdit or any editor.
Is the PDF sent to an AI service?
No. The conversion happens in your browser. Nothing is sent anywhere unless you paste the result somewhere yourself.
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