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I didn’t plan to build another tool.

It started as one of those “I’ll just do it manually, it’s only a few files” moments.
You know how that ends.

I had a bunch of Markdown docs — notes, drafts, random ideas — and someone asked for them in Word format.
Copy–paste broke formatting.
Export plugins were either bloated, paid, or tried to do way too much.

So I spent an evening hacking together a tiny converter.
No accounts.
No uploads stored.
Just Markdown → Word → done.

At first it was “just for me”.
Then a friend used it.
Then another one.
Then I realized I was opening my own site more than Google Docs.

Now it lives here: markdown-to-word.online

I don’t promote it. I don’t track users.
It just… exists. Like a quiet side project that solved a very specific annoyance.

Funny how the smallest tools are the ones you end up using every week.

Anyway, back to ignoring feature requests I never asked for 😅

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  • 1
    Your message (with EM-dashes) and your github: https://github.com/wolfsmith/...

    Are you sure that you use enough AI? :P I do my README.md's with AI too (seriously, why not) but that typical AI style with emoticons and stuff is horrible :P

    For textual stuff i prefer my broken English above AI to keep it more authentic. Depends a bit on platform how much I care.
  • 2
    I especially love the 2024 thingy: © 2024 Markdown to Word Converter. All rights reserved. :P
  • 2
    <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image">

    <meta name="twitter:site" content="@yourhandle">

    <meta name="twitter:creator" content="@yourhandle">

    <meta name="twitter:url" content="https://yourdomain.com/markdown-to-...">

    <meta name="twitter:title" content="Free Markdown to Word Converter | Convert MD to DOCX">

    <meta name="twitter:description"

    content="Convert Markdown to Word instantly. Free, fast, and privacy-focused online converter. Real-time preview & perfect formatting.">

    <meta name="twitter:image" content="https://yourdomain.com/twitter-imag...">

    <meta name="twitter:image:alt" content="Markdown to Word Converter Interface">

    :P
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    {

    "@context": "https://schema.org",

    "@type": "BreadcrumbList",

    "itemListElement": [

    {

    "@type": "ListItem",

    "position": 1,

    "name": "Home",

    "item": "https://yourdomain.com"

    },

    {

    "@type": "ListItem",

    "position": 2,

    "name": "Markdown to Word Converter",

    "item": "https://yourdomain.com/markdown-to-..."

    }

    ]

    }

    :P
  • 1
    This is the reason why no programmer wants to be associated with vibing, it's because of this stuff. I mean, why did you not take that five or ten minutes to read the source before releasing it? It even affects your SEO in this case.
  • 0
    This is why I double-check everything and still miss the obvious 😅
  • 0
    If you offer someone a nice clean markdown doc and they tell you they prefer word, the only reasonable response is to knee them in the balls.
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