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Markdown Export Tools

A Visual Studio Code extension that provides tools to export Markdown files to PDF and Word formats.

Features

Export Markdown files to PDF with proper table borders and styling
Export Markdown files to Word (.docx) with proper formatting
Support for advanced Markdown features (tables, strikethrough, task lists, etc.)

Usage

Open a Markdown file in VS Code
Right-click in the editor or explorer
Select either "Markdown: Export to PDF" or "Markdown: Export to Word"
The exported file will be saved in the same directory as the original Markdown file

Requirements

Visual Studio Code 1.74.0 or higher

Installation

You need to have pandoc to export to Word format.

Download and install pandoc from https://pandoc.org/installing.html.
for macOS, you can also use Homebrew:
```
brew install pandoc
```
for Linux, you can use your package manager, e.g., for Ubuntu:
```
sudo apt-get install pandoc
```
for Windows, you can use Chocolatey:
```
choco install pandoc
```

From VSIX (Recommended)

Download the .vsix file from the releases page
In VS Code, go to the Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X)
Click on the "..." menu and select "Install from VSIX..."
Select the downloaded .vsix file
Reload VS Code when prompted

From Source

Clone or download this repository
Run npm install in the project directory
Run vsce package to create the .vsix file
Install the generated .vsix file following the steps above

Implementation Details

Uses markdown-pdf for PDF export with custom CSS for table styling
Uses md-to-docx with unified, remark-parse, and remark-gfm for Word export with proper Markdown formatting support
Includes @mdast2docx/table plugin for proper table support in Word documents

Known Limitations

Large files may take some time to export
Complex Markdown extensions may not be fully supported

Release Notes

0.0.31

Optimized PDF font size for better readability

0.0.15

Enhanced PDF table border styling with more specific CSS selectors and !important flags
Improved table appearance in exported PDF documents with better spacing and background colors
Added alternating row colors for better readability

0.0.14

Fixed PDF export table rendering issue by adding CSS styles for table borders
Added proper table styling (borders, padding, background color) for PDF output
Improved visual appearance of tables in exported PDF documents

0.0.9

Added remark-gfm support for better Markdown parsing (tables, strikethrough, etc.)
Integrated @mdast2docx/table plugin for proper table support in Word documents
Improved Markdown feature support in Word export

0.0.1

Initial release of Markdown Export Tools

Export Markdown files to PDF
Export Markdown files to Word with proper formatting using md-to-docx