Can Word to TXT open a .doc file?

No. Save as .docx. Binary .doc is not a zip and cannot be parsed here.

Do tables and pictures become text?

Pictures are omitted. Table cells become sequential lines if they were stored as paragraphs.

Does every TXT line become a paragraph?

Most do. Pipe tables and list lines are parsed as tables and lists instead of plain paragraphs.

How are links written in TXT?

Visible text, then the URL in parentheses, unless the URL is already in the visible text.

How large can a Word or TXT upload be?

15MB for an uploaded file. Pasted text is not capped the same way.

Word ⇄ TXT

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About Word ⇄ TXT

Word to TXT: upload a .docx. Download TXT. Paragraph text only. Pictures are omitted. Word tables are not kept as tables; cell paragraphs come out as sequential lines. Bullets become "- ". Numbered lists keep 1. 2. 3. Hyperlinks append the URL in parentheses unless the visible text already contains it. Superscript is ^1; subscript is _2.

TXT to Word: paste text or upload .txt. Download Word. Most non-empty lines become paragraphs. Markdown-style pipe tables become a Word table. List lines (-, *, bullet, or 1.) become lists. Empty lines are skipped. Superscript ^1 is parsed; subscript is not parsed on the way in. A UTF-8 BOM is stripped. Legacy .doc is not supported.

How to use Word ⇄ TXT

1Pick a tab. Word to TXT or TXT to Word.
2Drop a .docx or paste text. UTF-8 .txt files work on TXT to Word.
3Preview. Plain text shows before you save on Word to TXT.
4Download TXT or Download Word. Open the .docx in Word to confirm paragraphs.

Word to TXT

If the file has no extractable text, you get an error instead of an empty download. Encoding is UTF-8.

TXT to Word

Markdown-style trailing backslashes before a newline become a real line break. Escape backslashes before $ ' " @ and similar are stripped so they do not appear in the .docx.

Limits and privacy

Word to TXT and TXT to Word both run in your browser. Each upload is 15MB. Pasted text is not size-capped. Files are not uploaded. No account.

FAQs

Can Word to TXT open a .doc file?: No. Save as .docx. Binary .doc is not a zip and cannot be parsed here.
Do tables and pictures become text?: Pictures are omitted. Table cells become sequential lines if they were stored as paragraphs.
Does every TXT line become a paragraph?: Most do. Pipe tables and list lines are parsed as tables and lists instead of plain paragraphs.
How are links written in TXT?: Visible text, then the URL in parentheses, unless the URL is already in the visible text.
How large can a Word or TXT upload be?: 15MB for an uploaded file. Pasted text is not capped the same way.