Convert TableGoogle Workspace add-on

Convert a Table to CSV, Markdown, or HTML Text

Turn tables in Google Docs™, Slides™, and Sheets™ into CSV, Markdown, or HTML text. Insert it below the table, copy it, or download it as a file.

Table to Text turns a table back into text in Google Docs™, Google Slides™, and Google Sheets™. Choose CSV for spreadsheets and data imports, Markdown for README files, wikis, and chat tools, or HTML for web pages and email templates.

By default the text is inserted below the table. You can copy it to the clipboard or download it as a .csv, .md, or .html file instead.

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Convert a table to text

CSV is the default format. Each row becomes one line, and the columns are separated by commas.

Place the cursor inside the table, or select the whole table. You can also select several tables.
In the sidebar, open Tables & Convert and click Table to Text. From the menu, use Extensions > Text To Table Converter > Selected Table to Text.
The text appears directly below the original table. The table itself is not changed.

Menu options for converting a table to text

CSV-style text inserted below the original table

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Example CSV output

First Name,Last Name,Department,E-Mail
Alice,Johnson,HR,alice.johnson@example.com
Bob,Smith,IT,bob.smith@example.com
Clara,Lee,FIN,clara.lee@example.com
David,Kim,MKT,david.kim@example.com

Selection tips

Google Sheets™ requires you to select the specific range of cells that contains the table data you want to adjust.

Choose CSV, Markdown, or HTML

Click the ▾ arrow next to Table to Text in the sidebar to open its options. Pick a format there before you convert.

Download as file saves the result in the chosen format through your browser.
Copy to clipboard copies the result. If the browser blocks clipboard access, the sidebar shows the text in a box so you can copy it by hand.
When either option is on, nothing is inserted into the document. Turn both off to insert the text below the table again.
The Extensions menu item always uses CSV. Use the sidebar for Markdown or HTML.

Swipe sideways to see all columns

Choose CSV, Markdown, or HTML
Format	Good for	File type
CSV	Spreadsheets, databases, and data imports	.csv
Markdown	README files, GitHub, Notion, wikis, and chat tools	.md
HTML	Web pages, CMS editors, and email templates	.html

Example Markdown and HTML output

The team table from above, converted to Markdown. Pipes inside a cell are escaped, and line breaks inside a cell become spaces. If some rows have fewer cells than others, empty cells are added so that no data is lost.

Open the options next to Table to Text, choose Markdown, and convert.

Markdown table text inserted below the original table in Google Docs

Markdown output

| First Name | Last Name | Department | E-Mail |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alice | Johnson | HR | alice.johnson@example.com |
| Bob | Smith | IT | bob.smith@example.com |

HTML output

The first row becomes the table header. The HTML is written on a single line with no styling, and characters such as < and & are escaped. Line breaks inside a cell become <br>. The example below is spread over several lines to make it easier to read.

HTML output (formatted for reading)

<table>
  <thead>
    <tr><th>First Name</th><th>Last Name</th><th>Department</th><th>E-Mail</th></tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr><td>Alice</td><td>Johnson</td><td>HR</td><td>alice.johnson@example.com</td></tr>
    <tr><td>Bob</td><td>Smith</td><td>IT</td><td>bob.smith@example.com</td></tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

Changing the delimiter

CSV output uses a comma (,) between columns by default. If you need tab-separated or semicolon-separated text instead, change the delimiter in the settings.

Open Extensions > Text To Table Converter > Settings and expand Table To Text Options to change the delimiter.
Use this when the converted text needs to be pasted into another application that expects a specific delimiter.

Settings: Table To Text Options

Configure table-to-text delimiter options.

Handling commas within your data

If your original table cells contain commas, the add-on follows standard CSV conventions (RFC 4180) when converting to text. It automatically encloses the entire cell content containing commas within double quotes. This ensures the comma is not misinterpreted as a column separator when you use the text later.

For example, one E-Mail cell might contain two addresses separated by a comma: david.kim@example.com, david.kim@sales.example.com.
When this table is converted, that cell is enclosed in double quotes in the output text to preserve the comma correctly.

Converted text with a comma inside one cell

First Name,Last Name,Department,E-Mail
Alice,Johnson,HR,alice.johnson@example.com
Bob,Smith,IT,bob.smith@example.com
David,Kim,MKT,"david.kim@example.com, david.kim@sales.example.com"

Converting multiple tables

You can select multiple tables simultaneously and convert them all at once using the same steps. The text from each table will be inserted sequentially below its respective original table.