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How to Paste Excel Cells as a Markdown Table

Copied Excel cells travel as tab-separated text. Paste them into the converter and get a GitHub Flavored Markdown table with the header row and alignment you choose.

Direct answer

Select the cells in Excel and press Ctrl+C (Cmd+C on a Mac). The clipboard carries the range as tab-separated text, and also as an HTML table. Paste it into the converter above. The tool reads the HTML table flavour when the clipboard has one, and falls back to splitting on tabs. It then writes a GitHub Flavored Markdown table. The tool is paste-based; it does not open .xlsx files.

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When to use this

  • You keep numbers in Excel but write documentation in Markdown.
  • A README, wiki page, or pull request needs a small table that already exists in a sheet.
  • You want a Markdown table without retyping rows by hand.

Steps

  1. Select the cell range in Excel, including the header row.
  2. Press Ctrl+C (Cmd+C on a Mac) to copy the range.
  3. Click into the paste box in the converter above and press Ctrl+V (Cmd+V).
  4. Keep 'First row is header' on when the top row holds column names.
  5. Set per-column alignment if numbers must sit right, then press Copy to take the Markdown table.

Example conversion

Spreadsheet cells (tab-separated)
Region	Units	Revenue
North	120	4800
South	95	3610
West	143	5720
Markdown table output
| Region | Units | Revenue |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| North | 120 | 4800 |
| South | 95 | 3610 |
| West | 143 | 5720 |

Common mistakes

  • Do not upload the .xlsx file. This tool reads pasted cells only; there is no spreadsheet file parser.
  • Do not paste a screenshot of the sheet. An image carries no cell data.
  • Check merged cells after conversion. A merged cell arrives as one value plus empty neighbours, so a Markdown table needs the value repeated or the column removed.

FAQ

Can I upload an .xlsx file?
No. The tool converts pasted cells, not files. Open the workbook, copy the range, and paste it. This keeps the tool fully client-side with no spreadsheet parser.
Why does copied Excel data arrive as tab-separated text?
Excel writes several clipboard flavours at once. The plain-text flavour separates columns with tab characters and rows with line breaks. The converter detects those tabs automatically.
Does the data leave my browser?
No. Conversion runs in JavaScript in your own browser. Nothing is sent to a server.

Related Excel to Markdown guides

Convert Google Sheets Cells to a Markdown Table

Google Sheets copies a selected range as tab-separated text plus an HTML table. Paste either flavour into the converter to get a Markdown table.

Put an Excel Table Into a GitHub README

GitHub renders GitHub Flavored Markdown tables. Convert copied Excel cells to GFM pipe syntax, then paste the result into README.md.

How to Align Columns in a Markdown Table

Alignment lives in the separator row. A colon on the left aligns left, on the right aligns right, and on both sides centres the column.

Fix Pipe Characters That Break a Markdown Table

A literal | inside a cell starts a new column and breaks the table. Escape it as \| so the renderer prints the character instead of splitting the row.