Converting Markdown to Docx / ODT With Embeded Images

[AlexDumi29]

I spent way too much time trying to make this work. Hope this will help someone.

Firstly, you need to install the Obsidian Pandoc and Obsidian Link Convertor plugins.

Afterwards, create a name_here.yaml file somewhere on your system. Open it and add " resource-path: [“/folder/with/your/images”] ".

Now open up the settings of the Pandoc Plugin, set “export files from HTML or markdown?” to markdown, and in the "Extra Pandoc Arguments write " --defaults=/path/to/your/yaml/file.yaml ".

The only thing left to do is changing the Obsidian Image Links with standard markdown links. Open the file you want to export, Right-Click on the newly open tab in the top bar and press on “WikiLinks to Markdown”.

Now you are ready to export as Docx / ODT by pressing Ctrl+P and writing pandoc. Now you should be presented with a few options of export. Choose Docx or ODT and you are good to go.

Hope this helped.

This was inspired by this thread: [BUG] Pandoc cannot find image file unless full relative path is used · Issue #81 · OliverBalfour/obsidian-pandoc · GitHub

[MitchWagner]

A possible simpler alternative?

A simple workaround for exporting to Microsoft Word

You can mess around with pandoc and install the Pandoc Export plugin or you export your Markdown document as a PDF, then open it in Word. Boom. You’re done. Word automatically handles the conversion from PDF to DOCX. I have done this dozens of times, and it always works great. Note that I’m creating simple documents. Online articles with simple, embedded images. If you’re doing anything fancy, it might not work.