# Documentation Authoring, Extraction, and Publishing Tools Write docs, extract docs from code or PDFs, review Markdown, and export polished documentation in one docs workflow hub. > Canonical page: https://elysiatools.com/en/hubs/documentation-authoring-publishing - **Category:** utility - **Keywords:** documentation tools, docs as code workflow, markdown documentation tools, code documentation extractor, api documentation generator, pdf to markdown documentation, documentation publishing workflow, technical writing tools ## Overview This hub focuses on the documentation tasks that often connect in real teams: drafting Markdown, organizing sections and tables, previewing and bundling reports, extracting docs from code comments, turning OpenAPI specs into readable docs, and recovering PDF or scanned content back into Markdown. It gives one place to move from rough source material to publishable internal or external documentation without stitching together unrelated utilities. ## Tools - Markdown List Formatter: Convert each line of text into Markdown list items or numbered lists - Markdown Link Extractor: Extract inline links, reference links, and bare URLs from Markdown documents with basic syntax validation - Markdown Table Generator: Generate formatted Markdown tables from CSV, JSON, or array data with alignment, header styles, width control, and merge hints - Markdown Merger: Merge multiple markdown files with smart header level adjustment and table of contents generation - Markdown Previewer: Convert Markdown to HTML with syntax highlighting and customizable themes - Markdown Report Bundler: Bundle multiple Markdown files into a single PDF report - Markdown to HTML Converter: Convert Markdown text to HTML with customizable formatting options using Showdown - Markdown to PDF Converter - Markdown转PDF转换器: Convert Markdown files to PDF documents with proper formatting, syntax highlighting, and styling - Markdown to PDF Theme Pack: Convert Markdown to PDF with dark, light, or print-ready themes - HTML to Markdown Converter: Convert HTML content to Markdown format with customizable options using Turndown - PDF to Markdown Converter: Convert PDF documents to Markdown format with text extraction and formatting preservation - PDF to Structured Markdown Converter: Convert PDFs into structured Markdown using OpenDataLoader with options for HTML-rich output, images, page separators, and tagged-PDF structure - Scanned PDF OCR to Markdown: Convert scanned or image-heavy PDFs into Markdown with OpenDataLoader hybrid OCR, with a graceful fallback when the hybrid backend is unavailable - Docstring Extractor: Extract and parse documentation from JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, and Java source code - Doc Comment to PDF Docs: Generate API documentation PDF from code comments - API Doc Generator: Generate polished API documentation from OpenAPI or annotated comments ## Samples - Markdown Samples: Markdown format examples from simple to complex document structures - Code Documentation Samples: Code samples with various documentation styles including JSDoc, JavaDoc, Python docstrings, and TypeScript annotations - OpenAPI/Swagger Samples: OpenAPI/Swagger specification examples for REST API documentation and contract definition ## Frequently asked questions ### What can this hub help with? It helps with drafting Markdown docs, formatting lists and tables, merging reports, generating API docs, extracting code comments, recovering PDF content into Markdown, and exporting polished documentation. ### Who is this hub for? It is useful for technical writers, developers, developer-relations teams, solution engineers, support teams, and anyone maintaining internal or external documentation. ### Where should I start? Start from the source you already have: rough Markdown, code comments, an OpenAPI file, or a PDF. 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