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PDF to Markdown, without uploading the PDF

Pull the text out of a PDF as tidy Markdown - here in this tab, with nothing uploaded.

How to pdf to markdown

  1. Drop your PDF in.
  2. Choose what to detect: headings, lists, bold, page breaks.
  3. Copy the Markdown or save it as a .md file.

Why this one stays private

The PDFs people want as Markdown are usually contracts, papers and reports - exactly the documents you should not hand to a converter you know nothing about. This reads the PDF with the same engine your browser uses to display one, here in the tab, and sends nothing.

Questions

How are headings found?

By size. The most common font size in the document is taken as body text, and lines set noticeably larger become headings, with the largest as level one.

Why is my PDF coming out empty?

It is almost certainly a scan: pictures of pages rather than text. Getting text out of those needs OCR, which this tool does not do.

Are tables converted?

Their text is, row by row, but PDFs do not record tables as tables - only as text placed in columns - so complex tables usually need tidying by hand.

Does it work on password-protected PDFs?

Not while they are locked. Remove the password first, then drop it in.

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