Google Docs’ formatting features have rarely evolved over the past decade. Typically, you can use keyboard shortcuts or the formatting bar, and that’s it. But Google Docs has recently introduced ...

There’s a simple idea about productivity and writing: almost anything you need to do, you can do in a plain text file. By a plain text file, I mean a .txt file that contains nothing but text without ...

Jason Heppler is a History PhD Candidate specializing in the history of the North American West and twentieth century US history at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and a permanent author at ...

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Notepad now allows you to write Markdown without installing anything extra. Use toolbar shortcuts to apply formatting, switch views, and clear formatting when needed. The new Notepad lets you write ...

Markdown is a “lightweight markup language for applying formatting using plain text.” Google Docs already recognizes some Markdown syntax, and is now expanding its support. In addition to * or – for ...

Many technical writers either currently use or are interested in using Markdown to write their technical documentation. It’s a bit like Marmite – some people love it and other people kind of hate it.

This Chrome extension lets you compose emails in Markdown, and then convert it to HTML to use in Gmail. Gmail doesn’t offer you much in the way of formatting to make your emails look more attactive.

MultiMarkdown Composer 2 has just been released and is currently available for US$5. Long story short: if you like to write in Markdown, you should get this app. Markdown has been around for almost a ...