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DOC to Markdown
The binary .doc format that Word used until 2007 is parsed directly, including the piece table that Word 97 uses to store edited text. There is no need to open the file in Word and re-save it as .docx first.
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- .doc
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How it works
- Drop your file on the box above, or click to choose one.
- The converter loads once, about 1.8 MB, and runs in this tab. Your file is not uploaded.
- Copy the Markdown, or download it as a
.mdfile.
What survives
- Paragraph text in reading order, reconstructed from the Word 97 piece table
- Heading levels where the document carries a stylesheet
- Tables as GFM pipe tables
What does not
- Documents written without a stylesheet yield paragraph text only — no heading levels and no bold or italic runs. Word itself always writes one, but some exporters do not.
- Word 6/95 files (an older format that also uses the .doc extension) fall back to a single-piece read and may lose structure.
- Embedded OLE objects such as an embedded spreadsheet are not expanded.
Questions
Do I need Microsoft Word installed?
No. The parser reads the binary format directly, so this works on any machine with a modern browser, including one that has never had Office on it.
My .doc came out as plain paragraphs with no headings. Why?
The file has no stylesheet, so there is nothing that marks a paragraph as Heading 1. The text is complete, but the structure genuinely is not in the file.
Is my file uploaded to a server?
No. The converter is a WebAssembly build of the anydoc engine that runs inside your browser tab. Your file is read into memory, converted, and discarded when you close the page. Nothing is transmitted, stored, or logged.