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Convert documents: Markdown, HTML & text to DOCX, PDF & EPUB

Turn Markdown, HTML, and plain text into DOCX, PDF, or EPUB, extract text and tables from Office files, make a PDF from images, and convert SRT and VTT subtitles — all locally in Novus Convert, with each result validated before it downloads.

Documents are where format friction shows up as real work: a Markdown draft that needs to become a Word file for a reviewer, an HTML export that should be a clean PDF, a manuscript headed for an EPUB reader, an Office file whose text you just need to pull out, or a subtitle file in the wrong flavor. Novus Convert now handles these document conversions in the browser, so the file is transformed on your device rather than uploaded to an online converter.

This guide covers the document jobs the app does today: turning Markdown, HTML, and plain text into DOCX, PDF, or EPUB; extracting the text and tables out of Office documents; building a PDF from images; and converting between the SRT and VTT subtitle formats. Document work runs through in-page libraries such as pdf.js and pdf-lib, and the /conversions directory is the authoritative list of exactly which document pairs are active — confirm yours there before you commit.

Contents
  1. 1.1. Know which document jobs are active
  2. 2.2. Turn Markdown, HTML, or text into DOCX, PDF, or EPUB
  3. 3.3. Extract text and tables from an Office file
  4. 4.4. Build a PDF from images, and convert subtitles
  5. 5.5. Confirm the pair and mind the local limits
  6. 6.6. Download after validation and save

Two ways to finish

Publish a document

Turn Markdown, HTML, or text into a DOCX, PDF, or EPUB for a reviewer, a reader, or a release.

Extract or repackage

Pull text and tables out of an Office file, make a PDF from images, or convert a subtitle file between SRT and VTT.

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    1. Know which document jobs are active

    The document routes cover several distinct jobs. Authoring formats — Markdown, HTML, and plain text — convert into finished documents: DOCX for word processors, PDF for a fixed page, and EPUB for e-readers. Office documents such as DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, and their ODF equivalents can have their text and tables extracted. Images can be combined into a PDF. And subtitle files convert between SRT and VTT. Novus Convert also handles structured text — JSON, CSV, TSV, TXT, XML, YAML — as covered in its own guide.

    These run through in-page document libraries, including pdf.js and pdf-lib for PDF work, so the conversion happens on your device. Confirm the exact pair you need in /conversions, because the available output depends on the source: what Markdown offers is not what an XLSX or an SRT offers.

    • Markdown, HTML, and text convert to DOCX, PDF, and EPUB.
    • Office files offer text and table extraction; images combine into a PDF.
    • Subtitles convert between SRT and VTT; confirm the exact pair in /conversions.
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    2. Turn Markdown, HTML, or text into DOCX, PDF, or EPUB

    Open convert.novusstreamsolutions.com/convert and add your source — a Markdown file, an HTML export, or a plain-text document. Choose the finished format on the row: DOCX when someone needs to edit it in Word or Google Docs, PDF when the layout should stay fixed for printing or sharing, or EPUB when it is headed for an e-reader. The document is built locally and offered for download once it validates.

    Structure carries across best when the source is clean. Markdown headings, lists, links, and emphasis map naturally into the DOCX, PDF, or EPUB; well-formed HTML converts more faithfully than messy markup. Treat the result as a solid, editable starting point — a converted DOCX is meant to be opened and refined in a word processor, not to reproduce a hand-designed layout pixel for pixel.

    • DOCX for editing, PDF for a fixed page, EPUB for e-readers.
    • Clean Markdown and well-formed HTML carry structure across best.
    • The result is an editable starting point, not a pixel-perfect layout.
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    3. Extract text and tables from an Office file

    When you need the content out of an Office document rather than a reformatted copy, use the extraction route: add the DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, or ODF file and Novus Convert pulls its text and tables into a workable form. This is the fast path when you want the words or the data, not the original styling — a spreadsheet's tables or a document's paragraphs, ready to reuse.

    For reshaping a spreadsheet specifically into JSON or a different delimiter, the most direct route is still to export the sheet as CSV from your spreadsheet app and convert that CSV in the structured-data workflow. Extraction gets the content out of the Office container; the structured-data converter is where tabular data is reshaped between JSON, CSV, TSV, and TXT.

    • Extraction pulls text and tables out of DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, and ODF files.
    • Use it when you want the content, not the original styling.
    • To reshape spreadsheet data, export CSV and use the structured-data routes.
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    4. Build a PDF from images, and convert subtitles

    To turn images into a PDF — a scanned multi-page document, a set of photos, a batch of receipts — add the images and choose the image-to-PDF output, which assembles them into a single PDF page by page. It is the quick way to hand someone one file instead of a folder of pictures, produced locally like every other route.

    Subtitle files convert between the two common formats: SRT, the plain numbered-cue format most players accept, and VTT, the web format used by HTML5 video. When a player wants one and you have the other, convert it here rather than hand-editing timestamps — the cue text and timing carry across, and a round trip between SRT and VTT is a normal, everyday captioning operation.

    • Image-to-PDF assembles a set of images into one page-by-page PDF.
    • SRT and VTT convert both ways for players and web video.
    • Cue text and timing carry across, so you avoid editing timestamps by hand.
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    5. Confirm the pair and mind the local limits

    Document sources are identified by signature rather than filename, so a file renamed to the wrong extension is read as what it truly is and offered the correct outputs. If the output you expected is not on a row, the file is often not the format its name claims. And because the available output depends on the source, confirm the exact pair in /conversions before you queue anything.

    Everything runs in the tab's memory, so a very large document or a big set of images asks more of the browser than a short file. Daily download allowances are tracked in your browser and reset by the local calendar day, with the remaining count beside the download control and the current figures on the Help page. The app is free, but free is not unlimited.

    • Signatures decide the outputs; confirm the pair in /conversions first.
    • Large documents and big image sets use more of the tab's memory.
    • Allowances reset by local day; the Help page lists the current figures.
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    6. Download after validation and save

    The download control appears only after the result passes validation, so a DOCX, PDF, EPUB, or subtitle file you can download is a genuine, well-formed file of that type rather than something with the right extension. A row that fails validation fails on its own without discarding the results that already succeeded, and you can retry or remove it.

    Results live behind temporary object URLs in the current session, so save each finished document before you remove its row or close the tab — nothing is kept on a server for you to return to. Because the source never left your device, re-running a row recreates a lost result in moments.

    • The download unlocks only after the document passes the validation gate.
    • Save each result before closing — object URLs are temporary.
    • Re-running a row recreates a result, since the source stays local.

Pick the output for the reader, and confirm the pair

Send Markdown, HTML, or text to DOCX when it needs editing, PDF when the page should stay fixed, and EPUB when it is for an e-reader. Use extraction to get content out of an Office file, image-to-PDF to bundle pictures into one document, and the SRT/VTT route to match a player. Confirm the exact pair in /conversions, treat a converted DOCX as an editable starting point rather than a pixel-perfect copy, and save every validated result before you leave.

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers to common questions about this topic.

Can I convert Markdown to Word or PDF?

Yes. Markdown, HTML, and plain text convert into DOCX, PDF, and EPUB in the browser. Choose DOCX for editing, PDF for a fixed page, or EPUB for an e-reader; the document is built locally and offered for download once it validates. Confirm the pair in /conversions, since outputs depend on the source.

Can Novus Convert read the text out of a Word or Excel file?

Yes. The extraction routes pull the text and tables out of Office documents such as DOCX, XLSX, and PPTX and their ODF equivalents. To reshape a spreadsheet specifically into JSON or a different delimiter, export it as CSV and use the structured-data converter.

Can I turn images into a PDF?

Yes. Add the images and choose the image-to-PDF output, and Novus Convert assembles them into a single page-by-page PDF locally in the browser — a quick way to hand over one file instead of a folder of pictures.

Can I convert SRT subtitles to VTT or back?

Yes. SRT and VTT convert both ways in the browser, carrying the cue text and timing across, so you can match whatever a player or an HTML5 video expects without editing timestamps by hand.