How many heading levels does it create?

Two: # for text much larger than the body, ## for somewhat larger lines and short, slightly larger titles.

Are tables turned into Markdown tables?

No. Table rows come out as paragraph text. Use PDF to HTML or PDF to CSV when the tables matter.

What happens to page numbers and hyphenated words?

Lines that hold only a page number are dropped, and a word split by a hyphen at a line end is joined back together.

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PDF to Markdown

Convert a PDF to Markdown with headings guessed from font sizes, bullets kept and paragraphs joined.

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When you'd use it

Moving a PDF handbook into a GitHub wiki or a docs site built from Markdown.
Bringing a PDF article into Obsidian or Notion with its headings intact.
Preparing a PDF's content as clean Markdown before pasting it into an AI chat.

Just say what you need

There are no menus to learn. Drop your file on pdfagents.ai and type it the way you would say it:

“convert to markdown”
“pdf to md”
“make this a markdown file”

How it works

Drop the PDF.
Headings and lists are detected.
Download the .md file.

Questions

How many heading levels does it create?: Two: # for text much larger than the body, ## for somewhat larger lines and short, slightly larger titles.
Are tables turned into Markdown tables?: No. Table rows come out as paragraph text. Use PDF to HTML or PDF to CSV when the tables matter.
What happens to page numbers and hyphenated words?: Lines that hold only a page number are dropped, and a word split by a hyphen at a line end is joined back together.

Private, and it keeps going

Your document is opened and saved on your own device, never uploaded. When the result is ready, type the next request (rotate, compress, add a password) and it applies to the result.

PDF to Markdown, right now

A Markdown file with headings and paragraphs.

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Doing this often? The free Mac app runs this agent on whole folders, offline, with no page limit. See the Mac app →