PDF to Markdown is useful when a scanned report, paper, or manual needs to become editable documentation. Start with PDF to Markdown and choose Formatted OCR.
When Markdown is better than plain text
Plain text loses structure. Markdown keeps sections, lists, and tables close to the original document.
Example source:
2. Payment Terms
The invoice is due within 30 days.Markdown result:
## 2. Payment Terms
The invoice is due within 30 days.Handling multi-page PDFs
The OCR workspace groups results by page. Review each page, then export all pages as Markdown or Word. For table-heavy PDFs, use PDF to Excel.
Common problems
Encrypted PDFs, damaged PDFs, and very low-resolution scans can fail before recognition. When that happens, export the page as an image and test it with Image to Text.
Automation
For a document pipeline, send PDFs to POST /api/v1/ocr with mode=formatted, then store the returned markdown and pages fields.
