Plain text, tidy table
Turn tab-separated spreadsheet cells into a clean Markdown table, or build one directly in the grid. Your data stays in this browser tab.
Paste rows copied from Excel, Google Sheets, or another tab-separated source. The first row becomes the header.
2 rows × 3 columns
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
Header | |||
Row 1 |
Cell content is shown as text here. Markdown or HTML inside a cell is not executed.
| Task | Owner | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Write docs | Ada | Ready |
This editor is for small documentation tables, README comparisons, and release notes that should remain readable as plain text.
A common Markdown table uses pipes to separate cells. The first line is the header, and the second line is a delimiter made from dashes. Colons in that delimiter communicate alignment: :--- for left, :---: for center, and ---: for right. The remaining lines are body rows.
The generator pads cells with spaces so the raw source is easier to scan. Those padding spaces do not change the cell value in common table renderers. Empty cells remain present, which keeps every row at the same column count.
A literal pipe inside a cell is written as \| so it is not mistaken for a column boundary. A real line break inside a pasted cell becomes <br>, because ordinary GFM-style tables do not have a portable multiline-cell syntax. Backslashes are escaped before pipes.
The preview deliberately builds a normal HTML table from text nodes instead of executing the generated Markdown. It is useful for checking shape, values, and alignment, but the final rendering can differ between GitHub, a static-site generator, a wiki, or another Markdown dialect.
Paste “Task”, “Owner”, and “Status” as the header, followed by two spreadsheet rows. Set Status to center alignment and sort by Owner.
| Task | Owner | Status |
| :--- | :--- | :---: |
| Docs | Ada | Ready |The header remains first while only the body rows are sorted. The centered delimiter travels with the Status column.
Enter Plan | Actual in one cell and paste “First line” plus a line break plus “Second line” in another.
| Metric \| view | Note |
| :--- | :--- |
| Plan \| Actual | First line<br>Second line |The pipe is escaped and the newline becomes <br>. The safe preview displays the text without running any embedded markup.
Use it for feature comparisons, environment matrices, shortcut references, release checklists, or small summaries that remain easy to review in version-control diffs.
Paste an existing spreadsheet range, or edit the grid directly when you only need a few headings and values.
Sorting is a presentation aid, not a calculation. Natural comparison puts Item 2 before Item 10, and empty values last.
Copy and paste as plain text. If clipboard access is blocked, select the code manually. Nothing is uploaded or saved, so keep the result before closing the tab.
Confirm that the destination supports GFM pipe tables and <br>. The preview checks shape and values, not identical styling in every renderer.
Yes. A pipe table needs a header and delimiter row, so the first grid row is always exported as the header. Move or edit data before copying if your pasted range did not include headings.
No. Common GFM-style Markdown tables do not provide portable merged-cell syntax. Use separate rows, repeat a label, or choose HTML when merged cells are essential.
The import box separates columns with tab characters, as produced by copying spreadsheet cells. Raw comma-separated CSV is not parsed there; open it in a spreadsheet and copy the cells.
Not in this preview. It is rendered as text. The copied Markdown still contains your input, so the destination renderer decides how markup is handled; only paste content you trust.
No. Sorting applies only to body rows and keeps complete rows together. It does not calculate formulas or infer data types beyond natural text-and-number ordering.
No. Editing, sorting, previewing, and generation happen in this browser tab. There is no account or history, and refreshing the page clears the current table.