A few years ago, I had what seemed like a clever idea: What if there was a text editing program with less clutter than Microsoft Word and more focus on writing for the web? I quickly discovered that ...

You've been using Markdown without knowing it. Here's why you should start using it deliberately.

At its core, Markdown is a super simple way to add formatting like headers, bold, bulleted lists, and so on to plain text. It was originally designed to be an easy alternative to HTML, and allows ...

The best time to truly implement the Markdown markup language into Google Docs was in the early 2010s, but yesterday was a pretty good time, too. In early 2022, the first connecting plank was placed: ...

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 ...

After a brief stint with TextMate 2, I recently started playing around with Sublime Text 2 for writing, and I thought I’d share the links and tips I’ve collected so far. I use Sublime Text 2 for both ...

Here are five advantages of using Markdown apps compared to Google Docs, Apple Pages and Microsoft Word. Markdown-compatible apps are writing-focused programs offering simplified interfaces that ...

Type text in Markdown in Google Docs for fast, platform-independent formatting of styles (bold, italic), headers, links, lists and more. Enable Markdown recognition in Google Docs so that when you ...

As someone who posts her work through a web interface, I've learned the hard way to write my stories offline. More than once, I've lost a post when a server or an Internet connection went bellyup.