DOCX to HTML Converter
Most web content is still drafted in Word, then fought into a CMS. Convert the .docx to HTML and you get headings, lists, links and tables as plain tags you can paste or upload without the clutter Word adds.
Document Converter
or drop PDF, DOC, DOCX … files here ·
Max 95 MB per file· Up to 20 files· Deleted after 30 minutes
Files are processed on our servers and deleted after 30 minutes.
150 DPI turns an A4 page into about 1240 × 1754 px. Use 300 for printing.
Convert the whole file or only some pages or slides (PDF and presentation input).
Pages or slides to convert, e.g. 1-3, 5, 8-10.
UTF-8 works for every language. Choose UTF-8 with BOM if Excel or Notepad on Windows shows garbled characters; legacy encodings only for old software.
LF for macOS, Linux and code editors; CRLF for older Windows programs such as classic Notepad.
Comma is standard. Use semicolon for Excel in countries that write decimals with a comma (Germany, France, Brazil).
Excel input with several sheets: convert all of them (one section or file per sheet) or only the first.
How to use this tool
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Upload the Word files
Add one .docx or a batch of up to 20, each up to 95 MB. Older .doc files are accepted too.
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Pick how much styling to keep
Formatting is Simple, which writes clean structural tags. Switch to Keep all for inline fonts and colors, or Text only for bare paragraphs. Include images brings the pictures along.
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Convert and paste
Press Convert to HTML, open the file in a browser to check it, then paste the body into your CMS source view or upload it as a page.
Upload the .docx and press Convert to HTML: Word headings become <h1> to <h6>, lists become <ul> and <ol>, tables stay tables, and nothing Office-specific comes along.
Why Word's own Save as Web Page is not enough
Word has been able to save HTML since the late 1990s, and since Office 2000 that output has been built to reopen in Word, not to sit on a website. It carries Office XML namespaces, conditional comments and dozens of mso- style properties, and a short memo can turn into a file mostly made of styling rules. Pasting from Word into a CMS editor brings much of the same clutter through the clipboard.
Content teams, intranet editors and support writers deal with this every week: a legal team sends the new terms as .docx, a subject expert writes a help article in Word, a press release arrives as an attachment. Converting the file to HTML first gives the person publishing it clean markup that takes the site's own styles. If the destination is a Git-based docs site instead, DOCX to Markdown is the closer fit.
Styled, clean or bare: choose the HTML you need
Styled HTML
Fonts, sizes and colors written as inline styles.
- Closest to the Word look
- Survives email clients that drop style blocks
- Heavier markup to edit
Clean HTML
Headings, paragraphs, lists, links, bold and tables only.
- Takes the site's stylesheet
- Easy to read and edit by hand
- Default on this page
Bare paragraphs
The words in <p> tags and nothing more.
- Smallest file
- No tables or emphasis
Which Word features have an HTML equivalent
| from ↓ · to → | HTML | Markdown |
|---|---|---|
| Headings and lists | Headings and lists to HTML: yes | Headings and lists to Markdown: yes |
| Bold, italic and links | Bold, italic and links to HTML: yes | Bold, italic and links to Markdown: yes |
| Tables with merged cells | Tables with merged cells to HTML: yes | – Tables with merged cells to Markdown: no |
| Fonts and colors (Keep all) | Fonts and colors (Keep all) to HTML: yes | – Fonts and colors (Keep all) to Markdown: no |
| Headers, footers, page numbers | – Headers, footers, page numbers to HTML: no | – Headers, footers, page numbers to Markdown: no |
| Tracked changes | – Tracked changes to HTML: no | – Tracked changes to Markdown: no |
DOCX
Microsoft Word document
DOCX is Microsoft Word's default document format since Office 2007, based on the Office Open XML standard (ECMA-376, ISO/IEC 29500). It is a ZIP package of XML files holding text, styles, images, tables, comments and tracked changes. It is the most common format for editable documents in offices, schools and job applications. Layout can shift slightly between Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice and Pages, especially with complex formatting. Most word processors open DOCX files.
- Compression
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- Transparency
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- Animation
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- Introduced
- 2007 · Microsoft
HTML
HyperText Markup Language
HTML is the markup language of the web, first described by Tim Berners-Lee in the early 1990s and now maintained by WHATWG as a living standard. An HTML file describes headings, paragraphs, links, tables, images and forms, while styling usually comes from CSS. Every browser renders it, and it is also used for email templates and saved web pages. A single HTML file often depends on external images and stylesheets, so it may look broken when moved on its own.
- Compression
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- Transparency
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- Animation
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- Introduced
- 1993 · Tim Berners-Lee; maintained by WHATWG
Word documents go to HTML when text written by people who draft in Word has to be published by people who run websites: a policy page, a knowledge-base article, a press release or an email campaign that must arrive as markup rather than an attachment.
Clean markup from a Word heading, list and link
<h2>Refund policy</h2> <p>You can return unused items within <strong>30 days</strong>.</p> <ul> <li>Keep the original receipt</li> <li>Start the return from <a href="/orders">your orders page</a></li> </ul>
DOCX to HTML questions
What is wrong with Word's Web Page, Filtered option?
It is better than the unfiltered Web Page format, but it still writes Word's own class names, mso- style properties and spacing rules into a style block, and many CMS editors keep that baggage when you paste. The Simple level here writes only structural tags, so your site's stylesheet decides the look.
Can I use the converted HTML in an email newsletter?
Yes, but choose Keep all. Many email clients strip <style> blocks and honor only inline styles, which is what that level writes. Outlook for Windows renders HTML mail with Word's own layout engine, so test a send there before mailing a list.
Where do footnotes end up in the HTML?
A web page has no page bottom, so footnotes become numbered notes at the end of the document, with the marker in the text linking down to each note. Endnotes work the same way.
Does a long Word document become several HTML pages?
No. Each .docx produces one HTML file, however many pages it had in Word. Page breaks, headers, footers and page numbers belong to print layout and are left out.
How do I get edited HTML back into Word?
Convert it with HTML to DOCX. Headings return as Word heading styles and tables as Word tables, so a page revised on the web can go back for tracked-change review.
