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How to convert PDFs to Markdown for LLMs and RAG (with a real test)

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Language models read text, not pages. Hand a model a PDF and something has to turn fonts, columns, headers, footers and tables into a stream of characters first, and that step decides how much the model understands. Markdown is the format that keeps the structure (headings, lists, tables) in a form…

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    How to convert PDFs to Markdown for LLMs and RAG (with a real test)

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