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Copy AI text into Word without the Markdown
An AI response can look tidy in a chat and arrive in a document with visible asterisks, hashes and table pipes. Those characters are often Markdown syntax. The useful question is whether your document needs the formatting or just the words.
Have some text ready to go?
Open Markdown to Rich Text ↗Choose the result you actually need
For a structured note with headings, emphasis and links, use formatted text. For a form field or a paragraph that should inherit an existing document style, use plain text. Removing Markdown and preserving its formatting are two different routes to a useful result.
MARKDOWN
## Project update The **draft** is ready. 1. Review the copy. 2. Check the references.
AFTER
Project update The draft is ready. 1. Review the copy. 2. Check the references.
Prepare a formatted copy
Paste the response into the Markdown to Rich Text tool. Check the preview: headings should become headings, list items should stay in the right order, and links should keep the intended label. Use Copy formatted text, then paste into your Word document.
The browser supplies HTML and a plain-text alternative to the clipboard. Word may apply its own fonts, spacing or paste settings. Review the pasted document, especially nested lists and wide tables. The preview is a structural guide, not a promise of identical appearance in every Word version.
When plain text is a better fit
Choose Plain text in Textidy when you want readable words without Markdown markers. Keep link URLs if the document needs a visible source address. List markers can also stay, so a numbered procedure remains understandable.
Plain text does not carry heading styles or table layout. Textidy separates table cells with tabs and keeps code contents, but the document editor controls how the final text is displayed.
Check the details that matter
Before sharing, compare numbers, citations, code and links with the original response. Textidy does not fact-check or rewrite the content. If formatted copying is blocked, use Select result and your usual copy command, or copy the plain-text alternative.
Tested on 11 September 2026: formatted copying from the Codex in-app browser into Word for Mac 16.112.3 preserved the sample heading, bold text, hyperlink, numbered list and two-column table. Word changed the font and showed the table without borders. This small synthetic case does not establish compatibility with every document or Word version.
Try the behaviour yourself
Headings, links and a table
The shown expected output is the plain-text clipboard alternative. Formatted copying additionally supplies HTML headings, emphasis, links, numbering and a table. Destination appearance must be checked.
Input
# Textidy paste test A **bold** note with [a reference](https://example.com). 1. Review 2. Publish | Name | Count | | --- | --- | | A | 2 |
Expected text output
Textidy paste test A bold note with a reference (https://example.com). 1. Review 2. Publish Name Count A 2
Put it into practice.
Your next paste can be a little simpler.