DOCX to HTML

How to use the docx to html

1. Choose a .docx file, or drag it onto the page.
2. Check the preview, which renders in a sandboxed frame.
3. Copy the markup, or download it as a complete HTML file.

About this tool

Word's own "save as HTML" produces markup nobody wants: hundreds of lines of inline styles, conditional comments for versions of Internet Explorer that no longer exist, and `<span>` elements carrying font declarations on every phrase. This produces the markup the document actually means — `<h1>` for a heading, `<ul>` and `<li>` for a list, `<table>` for a table, `<strong>` and `<em>` for emphasis, and nothing else.

Nested lists nest properly, which is a detail worth stating because it is the one most converters get wrong. A `<ul>` placed as a direct child of another `<ul>` is invalid HTML, and browsers recover from it inconsistently; a nested list belongs inside the `<li>` it hangs from. The output is checked for that.

Everything is escaped on the way out, so a document containing `<script>` as literal text produces literal text rather than a script. That matters because a converted document is often pasted straight into a CMS.

A `.docx` is a ZIP archive of XML, which is why this works with no server at all: the archive is opened in the tab and the document part read directly. What comes out is the body — headings, lists, tables and bold or italic runs. Headers, footers, footnotes, comments and tracked changes live in separate parts of the archive and are not included, and images are not extracted. A `.doc` from before 2007 is a different, binary format and cannot be read here.

Common uses

• Moving a document into a CMS without Word's markup.
• Turning a written draft into publishable HTML.
• Getting semantic markup for a document to restyle.

Frequently asked questions

Why not use Word's own HTML export?

Because it emits inline styles on every element and conditional comments for browsers that no longer exist. This produces the structure the document means and nothing more.

Do nested lists come out correctly?

Yes, and it is worth asking. A nested list belongs inside its parent list item; placing one directly inside another list is invalid and renders inconsistently.

Are images converted?

No. Images are stored as separate files inside the archive and would need extracting and rehosting, which is a different job from converting the text.