Product · Export

Exports that look
hand-set.

Turn a plain .md file into a PDF, a Word document, HTML, or a Markdown bundle — with smart page breaks, running headers, a table of contents, and math that stays real. A live preview shows the exact file before you save it.

What comes out

Four formats,
one clean source

The same document renders faithfully everywhere it goes — no reformatting, no cleanup pass afterward.

PDF

A real vector engine built on react-pdf — crisp text, selectable content, and typography that looks hand-set, not printed from a browser.

Word (.docx)

A fully native document — real paragraphs, tables, images, and styles that open and edit cleanly in Microsoft Word and Pages.

HTML

A single self-contained file with inline styles, ready to publish or hand off. No external assets to chase down.

Markdown bundle

Export one file or your whole vault as a .zip that preserves folder structure and pulls in the assets your notes reference.

Smart page breaks

Keep-with-next logic never splits a block mid-flow, and you can insert manual breaks above any heading from the export sidebar.

Headers & footers

Running headers and footers with live page numbers, laid out so they can never overlap the body even at tight margins.

Table of contents

Generate a linked table of contents from your headings — a native, auto-updating field in Word and clickable links in PDF.

Highlighted code

Code blocks keep their syntax highlighting across four themes, all the way through to the exported PDF, Word, and HTML.

Native math

Equations export as sharp images in PDF and HTML, and as native, editable OMML in Word — not a flattened screenshot.

## Methodology
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## Results
Smart page breaks

Nothing splits
where it shouldn’t

A heading never gets stranded at the bottom of a page, and a table or code block is never sliced in half. Keep-with-next grouping holds related content together, and you can add manual breaks above any heading from the sidebar.
  • Keep-with-next grouping
  • Atomic blocks are never split
  • Insert manual breaks by heading
How it works

From note to file
in four steps

A dedicated export window with a live, true-to-file preview — no round-trips through a browser print dialog.

01

Open export

Send the current document to a dedicated, frameless export window — including any unsaved edits, handed over live.

02

Pick a format

Choose PDF, Word, HTML, or a Markdown bundle. The live preview re-renders the actual file you’re about to save.

03

Tune the layout

Set margins and page size, toggle headers, footers, and the table of contents, and drop in manual page breaks.

04

Save it

Write the file wherever you like. What you saw in the preview is exactly what lands on disk.

Free vs Pro

Exporting a single document to Markdown is free — your files are always yours to take with you. PDF, Word, HTML, and whole-vault Markdown bundles are part of Ampersand Pro, the one-time upgrade with no subscription attached.
Questions

Good to know

What formats can I export to?

PDF, Microsoft Word (.docx), self-contained HTML, and a Markdown bundle (.zip) — either a single document or your entire vault with its referenced assets and folder structure preserved.

Is the exported math real and editable?

In Word, yes — equations export as native OMML you can click into and edit. In PDF and HTML they’re rendered as sharp vector-derived images, matched to how they look in the editor, rather than blurry screenshots.

Does my code stay highlighted?

Yes. Fenced code blocks carry their syntax highlighting through export in all formats, across four built-in themes, with a matching code background — no plain monospace dump.

How accurate is the preview?

It’s the real thing. The preview rasterizes the actual generated PDF or renders the actual Word bytes, so it’s WYSIWYG — the page breaks, headers, and spacing you see are the ones you get.

Get started

Ship a document you’d be
proud to send.

Write in plain markdown, then export something that looks typeset. Download Ampersand and try it on your next report.

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