Convert LaTeX to PDF, Word & Markdown

To convert LaTeX to PDF, compile it in a browser editor like LetX (no install, ~1–2 seconds). To convert LaTeX to or from Word, use Pandoc (pandoc in.tex -o out.docx). For Markdown to LaTeX, use the LetX Markdown converter or Pandoc. PDF back to LaTeX is the hard direction — a PDF throws away the source — so you recover what you can (especially equations via OCR) and rebuild the rest. Details below.

LaTeX → PDF (the easy one)

Compiling LaTeX is converting it to PDF. The only question is where the compiler runs. Locally you’d install a TeX distribution and run latexmk -pdf paper.tex. Online, open the project in LetX and press compile — it runs the same latexmk on cloud workers and returns the PDF in about 1–2 seconds, with SyncTeX so you can jump between source and output. Upload an existing project as a .zip to convert a whole folder at once.

LaTeX ↔ Word

The standard tool both directions is Pandoc:

# LaTeX to Word
pandoc paper.tex -o paper.docx

# Word to LaTeX
pandoc paper.docx -o paper.tex

Pandoc handles headings, lists, tables, and citations well. Where it struggles: complex equations, custom macros, and bespoke layouts — expect to clean those up by hand. For Word → LaTeX, the output is a solid starting skeleton you then refine in the editor rather than a finished document.

PDF → LaTeX (the hard direction)

There is no lossless PDF-to-LaTeX conversion: a PDF is the rendered output with the source discarded. The practical workflow is to recover the parts that matter. For equations, OCR them with the free Equation to LaTeX tool (upload an image, get LaTeX with a live preview), then rebuild the document structure from a template.

Markdown → LaTeX

Drafting in Markdown and publishing in LaTeX is a fast workflow. Use the Markdown to LaTeX converter — headings, lists, and emphasis map to LaTeX commands and $...$ math is protected — or run pandoc notes.md -o notes.tex. The full guide covers both routes.

Browse all free converters and utilities at letx.app/tools.