Pandoc plugin not working when exporting md files to word.docx

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Anyone facing the problem of exporting obsidian.md file to word.docx using either Pandoc or it enhanced version plugin can refer to the solution below:

  1. Open the setting panel of Pandoc Plugin, you might see a line of warning in red “Pandoc is not installed or accessible on your PATH. This plugin’s functionality will be limited.”
  2. Input “which pandoc” in the terminal and got the result “Pandoc not found”
  3. Download and install latest Pandoc installer from: Pandoc - Installing pandoc
  4. Relaunch Obsidian, and you’ll find the red warning disappear in the setting panel of Pandoc plugin. Meanwhile, if you input “which pandoc” again in the terminal, you’ll get a path “/usr/local/bin/pandoc”

Try exporting an md file to word.docx again in Obsidian. Finger crossed!

BTW, I’m using Obsidian on a MacBook Air (M2) with the operating system 14.2.1. Hope this solution can help in some way.

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let me add some more experience as a windows user

  1. path not found, > put where pandoc is installed (in the setting, pandoc plugin, pandoc path, find and put the path, mine is C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Local\Pandoc)
  2. export fail > do export in read mode
  3. i use both logsec (outlining and develop my idea - for its block system) and obsidian (source of references - for its tagging feature). i use obsidian to export ideas i wrote in logsec using obsidian’s pandoc plugin (add vault in obsidian where logsec folder is located for this purpose) in order to edit and print the document in word.

thanks, salama’ tapada salama