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Document Conversion Guides

Step-by-step guides for converting Word documents, Markdown drafts, RTF files, and plain text between formats. Every conversion runs in your browser using the JSZip and pdf-lib libraries.

Extracting plain text from a Word document

Upload a .docx file to the DOCX to TXT tool. It unzips the file, parses the Open XML word/document.xml, and extracts every paragraph in reading order. Formatting (bold, italic, colours) is stripped, leaving clean plain text. Use this to feed document content into other tools or scripts.

Converting a Word document to Markdown

DOCX to Markdown reads heading levels (Heading1, Heading2, etc.) from paragraph styles and converts them to # and ## markdown syntax. Bold runs become **bold**, italic becomes *italic*, and lists become - or 1. items. The result is a valid Markdown file ready for static site generators or documentation systems.

Creating a Word document from plain text or Markdown

TXT to DOCX and Markdown to DOCX both generate a proper Open XML .docx file that opens in Word, Google Docs, and LibreOffice. Set the title, font size, and line spacing in the Options panel before converting. Markdown headings become Word Heading styles for a properly structured document.

Reading DOCX metadata without opening Word

DOCX Metadata Viewer extracts the docProps/core.xml properties: title, creator, subject, created date, modified date, word count, paragraph count, and character count. Useful for auditing documents in bulk or verifying author metadata before publishing.