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Text (TXT) to Word Converter

Turn a plain text file or pasted text into a Word document that reads like one, with its paragraphs as written, chapters as headings and lists as lists.

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Accepts TXT

Encrypted upload. Files are deleted automatically after 1 hour.

About TXT to Word

TXT to Word takes text that was never meant to look good, like phone notes, a letter, a novel downloaded as .txt or an export from an old system, and sets it as a proper Word document. Paste the text or upload the file; the encoding is detected, so GBK, Big5, Shift-JIS and UTF-16 files open without garbled characters. A letter or a list keeps one paragraph a line, and lines are joined only where a text was wrapped at a fixed width, like a novel cut at 70 characters a line. Exports saved as .rtf go through RTF to Word instead.

The text is read the way our TXT to EPUB reads it. Remove website ads and licence text, on by default, leaves out the lines a website slipped into a downloaded novel, bare web addresses and the Project Gutenberg licence, and the text's own contents list goes too. A title and author on the first lines, such as 《书名》, 作者:… or Title:, become the title and author at the top of the document. Volumes and chapters, like Part Two, Chapter 3 or 第三章, become Word headings, volumes above their chapters, so the navigation pane and a contents list use them, and lines that start with a dash or with a number such as 1. become real Word lists. Chinese paragraphs are indented two characters and Japanese ones one, with wider line spacing for Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Under Font, choose Sans-serif (Calibri, YaHei) or Serif (Cambria, SimSun), with matching Japanese and Korean fonts, set the Font size and tick Contents list if you want one, while Page numbers in the footer, on by default, prints Page 3 of 12 at the foot of each page. Several TXT files become one document, a part per file. A document for each file is a VIP choice.

How to use TXT to Word

  1. 1
    Paste or upload

    Use Paste text to type or paste, or Upload a file to pick one or more .txt files.

  2. 2
    Check the settings

    Pick the Font and Font size, and tick Contents list if you want one. Text encoding under More options is set to Detect automatically, so change it only if characters look wrong.

  3. 3
    Click TXT to Word

    The text is decoded, cleaned and set as a document in an isolated process on our server.

  4. 4
    Download the DOCX

    Pasted text comes back as document.docx, and uploaded files keep their name.

Why use Cubfile for this

  • Paragraphs as written

    A letter or a list keeps one paragraph a line, and only text wrapped at a fixed width is joined back together.

  • Adverts and clutter gone

    Lines a website added, bare web addresses, the Project Gutenberg licence and the text's own contents list are left out.

  • Chapters and lists in Word

    Volumes and chapters become headings for the navigation pane, and dash or numbered lines become real Word lists.

  • Any encoding, fitting fonts

    GBK, Big5, Shift-JIS and UTF-16 are detected, and Chinese, Japanese and Korean get fonts and spacing to match.

FAQ

TXT to Word: questions and answers

How does TXT to Word handle line breaks?
A line stays a line, so a letter, a list or a text with one paragraph a line keeps its paragraphs. When a text was wrapped at a fixed width, every line stopping at about the same length in mid-sentence, Join lines broken at a fixed width under More options, on by default, puts each paragraph back together, words hyphenated at a line end included, while a blank line or an indent still starts a new one.
What if the text comes out garbled?
The encoding was misread. Open More options and pick the right one under Text encoding, such as GB18030 for Chinese saved on Windows, Big5 for Traditional Chinese or Shift-JIS for Japanese.
Can I use TXT to Word without a file?
Yes. Choose Paste text, paste or type straight into the box and press the button. You get a DOCX named document.docx. If the text uses Markdown marks like # and *, Markdown to Word turns them into real formatting.
Can I convert text to Word for free, including pasted text?
Yes. Free accounts get 2 tasks a day and visitors 2 in total, with files up to 50 MB and 20 files per task, and pasting text counts the same way. VIP has unlimited tasks, a 1 GB file limit and 50 files per task, and can make a document for each file.
What happens to text I paste?
Pasted text and uploaded files are deleted from our server one hour after the task, like every file here. They travel over HTTPS and are processed in an isolated process.
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