About how to convert PDF to Markdown
Markdown na plain text with small simple marks for structure: # for headings, - for list items and | for table columns. People dey use am for notes, documentation, wikis, README files and to give documents to AI tools, wey dey read structured text better pass PDF. This tool dey read the text of every page and build the structure again from how dem arrange am. Lines wey dem set for size wey big pass clear clear go become headings, and the biggest go be level one heading. Lines wey follow each other close go join into paragraphs, and words wey dem split with hyphen for the end of line go join again. Lines wey start with bullet or number go become lists, and text wey dem arrange for columns wey line up go become table. Page numbers wey stand alone for the top or bottom of pages go comot. Characters wey get meaning for Markdown, like asterisks, go escape so dem go show as dem write am. PDF dey keep im look, no be im structure, so layouts wey dey complex like many columns, footnotes or merged table cells fit need small tidying after. Pictures no dey inside. Scanned pages no get text: run OCR PDF first, then convert the result.
Limits: one PDF for each task, reach 25 MB with free account, 200 MB for Pro and 500 MB for Business. Browser tools no get daily task limit.
Before you sign in, files fit reach 25 MB. Free account go raise am to 25 MB.
Privacy: this tool dey run inside your browser finish; the file no go ever comot from your device. Nothing dey upload, so we no get anything to store or delete.
How to use the PDF tools: Step-by-step help with every tool, limits and your files.
PDF to Markdown: questions wey people dey ask
How una dey take know headings?
By size. Lines wey big pass the main text clear clear go become headings, and the biggest sizes go become the top heading levels.
Tables dey convert?
Simple tables, where text sit for columns wey line up, go become Markdown tables. Tables wey get merged cells fit come out as plain lines.
Why e dey talk say my PDF no get text?
The pages na pictures, mostly from scanner. Run the PDF through OCR PDF to add text, then convert am to Markdown.
Pictures dey inside?
No. Markdown output only get the text and im structure.
My PDF dey upload?
No. We dey read and convert the text inside your browser, so the file no go ever comot from your device.