Export Word document to Markdown

The following example shows you how to export a Word document to Markdown format. The SaveAsMarkdown method converts document content to GitHub Flavored Markdown (GFM), preserving headings, text formatting, tables, hyperlinks, lists, and other elements.

C# example - Export existing document

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Open existing Word document
            WordDocument doc = new WordDocument("c:\\test\\input.docx");

            // Export to Markdown
            doc.SaveAsMarkdown("c:\\test\\output.md");

            Console.WriteLine("Document exported to Markdown successfully!");
        }
    }
}

C# example - Get Markdown as string

using System;
using Independentsoft.Office.Word;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // Open existing Word document
            WordDocument doc = new WordDocument("c:\\test\\input.docx");

            // Get Markdown as string
            string markdown = doc.ToMarkdown();

            Console.WriteLine(markdown);
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports Independentsoft.Office.Word

Module Module1
    Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)

        ' Open existing Word document
        Dim doc As WordDocument = New WordDocument("c:\test\input.docx")

        ' Export to Markdown
        doc.SaveAsMarkdown("c:\test\output.md")

        Console.WriteLine("Document exported to Markdown successfully!")

    End Sub
End Module

Features supported in Markdown export:

Headings (H1-H6 mapped from Word heading styles)
Bold, italic, bold+italic, strikethrough formatting
Hyperlinks with URLs
Tables (GFM pipe table format with column alignment)
Numbered and bulleted lists
Blockquotes (from Quote styles)
Code formatting (from monospace fonts)
Superscript and subscript (using HTML tags)
Footnotes and endnotes
Page breaks (as horizontal rules)

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