MD converter

Markdown is perfect until someone asks for a Word file. The conversions here run through pandoc on our server engine (markdown is the one format where structure-aware conversion needs a real document compiler), and uploaded files are deleted within about an hour.

What is MD?

MD (Markdown) is the plain-text writing format of the developer world: headings, lists, links and emphasis expressed with punctuation, readable raw, and rendered everywhere from GitHub to note-taking apps. Because it is just text, it diffs, versions and edits beautifully. Its weakness is the handoff: the moment a reader expects a Word document, markdown needs converting.