How to convert Excel to a Markdown table
Copy cells straight from Excel or Google Sheets and paste them as a Markdown table — no CSV export, no retyping, just select, copy, paste.
The friction in turning a spreadsheet into a Markdown table is usually the export step. Excel to Markdown Table removes it — you copy cells directly from Excel, Google Sheets, or Numbers and paste them in.
Why a direct paste works
When you copy a range of spreadsheet cells, your clipboard holds them as tab-separated values — columns split by tabs, rows by line breaks. This tool reads that format natively, so there's no need to save a .csv file first. Select the range, copy, paste, done.
The workflow
- In your spreadsheet, select the cells you want — include the header row.
- Copy (Ctrl/Cmd-C).
- Paste into the tool.
- Copy the Markdown table it produces.
What was a multi-step export becomes three keystrokes.
What it handles
- The header row becomes the table header.
- Tab-separated columns are parsed correctly even when cells contain commas (which break naive CSV).
- Empty cells are preserved as blank columns so rows stay aligned.
When to use CSV instead
If you already have a .csv file rather than an open spreadsheet, CSV to Markdown Table is the direct route. Excel to Markdown Table is the tool for the live copy-paste from a sheet.
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Select the cells, paste, and your spreadsheet is a Markdown table.