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Convert a Word, OpenDocument, RTF, text or Markdown file

What it does

The assistant can convert a document of the conversation into another format and give it back as a file card. The converter works like a print dialog, not like a rewrite: the original file is never changed, and the result is a new file with the same name and the new extension.

Sources: Word (.docx), OpenDocument text (.odt), Rich Text (.rtf), plain text (.txt), Markdown (.md).

Targets: PDF (.pdf), Word (.docx), OpenDocument text (.odt).

A format cannot be converted into itself. For HTML files and presentations, see Turn a presentation into PDF, PowerPoint or Word. To change the text of a Word or PowerPoint file and keep its design, see Edit a presentation.

How to ask

Name the file and the format you want. The file must be part of the conversation: a file you attached, a project file or a file the assistant wrote earlier (see the list of file types you can attach). Below are three prompts you can copy and adapt. The first two name the file minutes.docx, which stands for the name of your own file: use that name. Each prompt was run on the three Myra-hosted models, ten runs each, against a prepared file. A run counts as passed when the file that the assistant produced contains the text of the source; the table shows how many of the ten runs passed. Open the result before you send it on.

Word to PDF

Convert minutes.docx to a PDF.

Tested on: qwen3.8-27b, gemma-4-31b-it, mistral-small-4

Gives minutes.pdf. The attached file stays as it was.

Word to OpenDocument

Convert minutes.docx to an OpenDocument text file (.odt).

Tested on: qwen3.8-27b, gemma-4-31b-it, mistral-small-4

Gives minutes.odt.

A file the assistant wrote, to OpenDocument

Write a file notes.md with the heading "Weekly sync", three bullet points (budget, hiring, launch) and a two-column table of owners, then convert notes.md to an OpenDocument text file (.odt).

Tested on: qwen3.8-27b, gemma-4-31b-it, mistral-small-4

The assistant first writes notes.md, then converts it and gives notes.odt.

Prompt Test case qwen3.8-27b gemma-4-31b-it mistral-small-4
Word to PDF Meeting minutes in Word converted to PDF 10/10 10/10 9/10
Word to OpenDocument Meeting minutes in Word converted to OpenDocument text 10/10 10/10 10/10
A file the assistant wrote, to OpenDocument Markdown notes written, then converted to OpenDocument text 10/10 10/10 10/10

Tips

  • Name the file and the target format. If the conversation has several documents, the name tells the assistant which one.
  • Ask for the conversion itself. If you ask for changes at the same time, the assistant may rebuild the document instead of converting it.
  • A converted file is a copy. Ask for the next conversion with the new name.

Limits

  • Only the formats in the table above. Other formats, such as .doc, .pages, spreadsheets and PDF as a source, are not converted; the assistant says so and names the formats that work.
  • Converting a Word file to Word, or an OpenDocument file to OpenDocument, is not offered.
  • Complex layout can change. Fonts that the computer of the reader does not have are replaced, and unusual page layouts, fields or embedded objects may look different in the result.
  • Files that contain macros, embedded objects or external links are refused.
  • The conversion is offered only in your own saved conversations where the code interpreter is available. It is not offered in ghost mode, in a conversation shared with you, or in a project whose data must stay local.
  • Only the prompts above were checked, with prepared files. Which files you can attach to a chat message is listed under Chat: Importing a file. An .rtf file is converted when the assistant wrote it, or through the API.

When something goes wrong

  • The assistant says the conversion is temporarily unavailable. Try again in a moment.
  • The assistant says the source format is not supported. Check the table above. For a PDF, ask the assistant to recreate the content as a document first.
  • The assistant says it made the file, but there is no card. The notice No file was created. appears with a Create it now button. Use it.
  • The file was refused. The message names the reason, for example a macro. Save a copy without the rejected content and ask again.
  • The file is password-protected. Remove the password in the original application and provide the file again.
  • The assistant says the file may be password-protected or an older Word (.doc) file. Open it in the original application, remove any password, save it as .docx or .odt, and provide it again.