Markdown to
Word.

Markdown to Word, explained

Turn Markdown into a .docx file you can keep editing in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice or Pages. Pandoc maps the structure of your Markdown to real Word styles instead of hard-coded formatting, so the document behaves like one you wrote in Word yourself.

What is converted, and how

Headings

# to ###### become the styles Heading 1 to Heading 6, so the navigation pane and Word's automatic table of contents work.

Lists

Bulleted and numbered Word lists, nesting included.

Tables

Native Word tables with a header row.

Code

Set in the Source Code style with a monospaced font.

Footnotes

Real Word footnotes at the bottom of the page.

Front matter

YAML title, author and date become the Title, Author and Date paragraphs at the top.

Limitations

• Images are only included when embedded as data: URIs; linked images show their alt text.
• The document uses pandoc's default styles. Custom templates cannot be uploaded.
• Raw HTML in the Markdown is left out.

Tips

• Restyle the whole document at once: right-click a style such as Heading 1 in Word's Styles pane and choose Modify.
• Insert a table of contents via References → Table of Contents; it picks up your Markdown headings.
• Start the Markdown with a YAML block (title: My report) to get a proper title.
• Not sure about the syntax? See the Markdown cheat sheet.

Other formats

• Markdown to PDFA4, clean typography, syntax-highlighted code.
• Markdown to ExcelEach table becomes a sheet named after the heading above it. Numbers stay numbers. No tables? One paragraph per row.
• Markdown to PowerPointEvery heading starts a new slide.
• Markdown to ODTOpenDocument Text for LibreOffice Writer, with real heading styles.
• Markdown to RTFOpens almost everywhere, including WordPad and TextEdit.
• Markdown to EPUBTop-level headings become chapters.
• Markdown to HTMLSingle standalone page with styles inlined.
• Markdown to LaTeXStandalone .tex, ready for pdfLaTeX, XeLaTeX or Overleaf.
• Markdown to Plain textMarkdown syntax removed, structure kept readable.