A document Word recognizes
Headings become Word's own Heading 1 to Heading 6, so the navigation pane lists them and a table of contents finds them. Lists are real Word lists that keep their numbers when you edit.
Free · private browser tool
Free Markdown to Word Converter
Convert Markdown to a Word document (.docx) in your browser. Headings, lists, tables, links and footnotes carry over. Download HTML or print to PDF too.
Markdown to Word
Paste your Markdown
Tables, task lists, footnotes and strikethrough work, as on GitHub. The conversion runs in your browser.
0 of 500,000 characters
Paper
Preview
The document as it reads
Paste Markdown or open a file to see the document.
Word sets the type in Georgia at 11 points, with page numbers at the foot of each page.
Useful output, not a score
What this tool gives you
Tables, code and footnotes
A Markdown table becomes a Word table with its header row repeated on each page. Code keeps a monospace font, quotes stay quotes, links stay live, and footnotes become Word footnotes.
HTML and PDF from the same document
Download the document as a single HTML page, copy the HTML to paste into a CMS or an email, or print the preview to PDF from your browser.
How to use it
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Paste or open your Markdown
Paste Markdown into the box, or open a .md file from your computer. GitHub Flavored Markdown works: tables, task lists, strikethrough and footnotes.
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Check the preview
The preview shows the document as it will read in Word, and the summary beside it counts what carried over and says what was left out.
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Download, copy or print
Choose the paper size, then download the .docx, download or copy the HTML, or print to PDF.
Questions writers ask
How do I convert Markdown to Word?
Paste the Markdown into the converter above, or open the .md file, check the preview, and choose Download .docx. The file opens in Word, Google Docs, Pages and LibreOffice, with its headings as Word headings and its lists as Word lists.
Does it keep Markdown tables?
Yes. Each table becomes a Word table with a border on every cell, its header row in bold and repeated at the top of each page the table runs onto, and each column aligned the way the Markdown aligns it.
Can I convert Markdown to PDF?
Yes. Choose Print or save as PDF, then pick Save as PDF in your browser's print dialog. Only the document prints, on the paper size you chose, with no part of this page around it.
Can I convert Word to Markdown here?
Not with this tool, which converts one way. Pandoc, a free command-line converter, turns a .docx into Markdown with pandoc document.docx -o document.md. Plot imports Word scripts as screenplay pages and treatments as editable prose.
Does Inkwell store my document?
No. The conversion runs in your browser: the Markdown, the preview and every download stay on your computer, and nothing is sent to Inkwell.
Defined in the glossary
Save Point
A named, unchanging snapshot of your draft at a moment you choose — “Table read,” “Before studio notes.” Unlike autosave, it never quietly overwrites itself, so you can always return to exactly that version.
Version Control
A system that records distinct versions of a document you can compare and return to — in Inkwell, through save points, draft lines, and readable structural changes.
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