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PDF to Markdown for Notion & Obsidian (2026)

2026-05-02

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PDF hates knowledge graphs

Copy/paste from two-column academic PDFs inserts random line breaks. Markdown fixes that — Notion/Obsidian import clean `#` headings.

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  • Scan? OCR PDF first.
  • PDF to Markdown → preview structure.
  • Import to Notion or sync `.md` into Obsidian vault.

    • LLM users: pair with PDF→MD for RAG.

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