office-to-md
Convert Office documents to clean, searchable Markdown using Microsoft's markitdown tool.
- Supports Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, HTML, images, and audio files with format-specific handling (tables, slides, OCR)
- Preserves document structure including headings, lists, tables, formatting, and hyperlinks during conversion
- Includes Python API and command-line interface for single files or batch processing across multiple documents
- Optional LLM integration with Claude for enhanced image descriptions and content processing
Office to Markdown Skill
Overview
This skill enables conversion from various Office formats to Markdown using markitdown - Microsoft's open-source tool for converting documents to Markdown. Perfect for making Office content searchable, version-controllable, and AI-friendly.
How to Use
- Provide the Office file (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, etc.)
- Optionally specify conversion options
- I'll convert it to clean Markdown
Example prompts:
- "Convert this Word document to Markdown"
- "Turn this PowerPoint into Markdown notes"
- "Extract content from this PDF as Markdown"
- "Convert this Excel file to Markdown tables"
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