Export Formats¶

Guide to Doctra's output formats.

Overview¶

Doctra generates multiple output formats simultaneously, each optimized for different use cases.

Available Formats¶

Markdown (.md)¶

Human-readable document with:

All text content
Embedded image references
Table links
Section structure

Best for: Documentation, version control, reading

Example:

# Document Title

## Section 1

Text content...

![Figure 1](images/figures/figure_001.jpg)

See tables in [tables.xlsx](tables.xlsx)

HTML (.html)¶

Web-ready document with:

Styled content
Embedded images
Interactive tables
Responsive layout

Best for: Web publishing, presentations

Excel (.xlsx)¶

Spreadsheet with extracted data:

One sheet per table
Formatted cells
Headers preserved
Data structured

Best for: Data analysis, further processing

Only generated when VLM is enabled

JSON (.json)¶

Structured data with:

Element metadata
Coordinates
Content
Relationships

Best for: Programmatic access, integration

Only generated when VLM is enabled

Images¶

Cropped visual elements:

figures/: Document images
charts/: Graphs and plots
tables/: Table images

Format: JPEG or PNG Best for: Direct use, presentations

Output Structure¶

outputs/
└── document/
    └── full_parse/
        ├── result.md          # Markdown
        ├── result.html        # HTML
        ├── tables.xlsx        # Excel (VLM)
        ├── tables.html        # HTML tables (VLM)
        ├── vlm_items.json     # JSON data (VLM)
        └── images/
            ├── figures/
            ├── charts/
            └── tables/

Choosing Formats¶

Use Case	Recommended Format
Reading	Markdown or HTML
Data analysis	Excel
Web publishing	HTML
Integration	JSON
Presentations	Images + HTML
Version control	Markdown