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PDF to Markdown

Extract readable page text into a simple Markdown document. Everything stays on your device.

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How it works

  1. Choose your PDF files.
  2. Set the options, then select “Convert to Markdown”.
  3. Download the result directly from your browser, with batches packaged as a ZIP.

What this tool does

Extract the text layer page by page and save it as a lightweight Markdown document with page separators.

Before you start

This is text extraction, not OCR. Scanned pages may produce no text, and columns, tables, images, and complex layout are simplified.

Private by design

The file is read and processed by this page on your device. It is never uploaded to FormatOtter or handed to a third-party conversion service. Large documents may take a moment because your browser is doing the actual work.

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