PDF to Markdown
Turn a PDF into Markdown for notes, docs and LLMs.
Headings and lists are inferred from the shape of each line — short lines without terminal punctuation, numbered sections, ALL-CAPS titles and bullet markers. A PDF’s text layer does not reliably expose font sizes, so treat the result as a very good first draft rather than a perfect structural conversion.
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About the PDF to Markdown
Extracts the text and rebuilds it as Markdown, inferring headings from line shape and normalising bullet and numbered lists. The result is editable in the page before you copy it, so you can fix anything the heuristics got wrong.
How to use it
- 1Add your PDF.
- 2Choose whether to detect headings and lists.
- 3Edit anything that came out wrong, then copy or download the .md.
What you get
- Heading detection from line shape
- Bullet and numbered list normalisation
- Optional rule between pages
- Editable output before you copy
- Runs on your device
Frequently asked questions
How are headings detected?
A PDF's text layer does not reliably expose font sizes, so DO101 infers headings from shape: short lines without terminal punctuation, numbered section headers and ALL-CAPS titles. It is a good first draft rather than a perfect conversion, which is why the output is editable.
Why convert a PDF to Markdown?
Markdown is plain text with structure, which makes it ideal for notes apps, documentation repositories and feeding documents to language models.
Do tables convert?
Not into Markdown tables. Try PDF to Excel for tabular data.
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