# Markdown - Convert Excel ranges to Markdown tables > Easily convert Excel ranges into clean Markdown tables with the XLS2MD online tool. Just copy your cells and paste to generate the code and a live HTML preview. --- ![Markdown - Convert Excel ranges to Markdown tables](/img/v2/markdown.webp) **TL;DR** This article introduces XLS2MD (xls2md.avonture.be, source on GitHub), a free online tool that converts a copied Excel range directly into a Markdown table: select cells in Excel, copy, paste into the site, and get instant Markdown output. See also [Markdown - Convert CSV to Markdown tables](/blog/markdown-csv2md). For a much broader conversion need — full Word, PDF or PowerPoint documents rather than just a range — see [Markitdown - Convert files and MS Office documents to Markdown](/blog/markitdown). I'm a big fan of Markdown for my documentation, and from time to time I have to convert a range in Excel into a table to copy and paste into my documentation. *Documentation which, most of the time, is then rendered with [Quarto](/blog/docker-quarto).* Years ago, I found this repo and it was the trigger for creating an online application in VueJS to make the magic happen. In practical terms, I open my Excel file, select a range (a series of columns and rows) f.i. `$A$1:$J$50`, press `CTRL`+`C` on the keyboard, switch to my [Markdown - Convert Excel ranges to Markdown tables](https://xls2md.avonture.be/) website, press `CTRL`+`V` and the table is converted. It's ... magical Here is a demo: ![Markdown - Convert Excel ranges to Markdown tables](./images/demo.gif) ## Source code You can find it on Github too: . **index.php** ```php Marknotes - XLS2MD - Convert Excel raw table to Markdown table

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  1. In your Excel worksheet, select a range like f.i. $A$1:$H:$25 (first row need to contains column's headings).
  2. Press CTRLC
  3. In this form, click in the text area here below
  4. Press CTRLV

The copied data will be immediately converted to a markdown table and a HTML preview will be rendered.

Adjust the markdown syntax if needed and copy/paste into your notes.

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