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 ...

5 Benefits of Using a Markdown Text Editor in Apple’s Ecosystem Your email has been sent Markdown-compatible apps are writing-focused programs offering simplified interfaces that support Markdown ...

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.

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 ...

Obsidian is incredibly powerful, but all that power can be distracting. I've spent more time customizing my vault with different plugins than actually building my notes library. If this sounds ...

First, Notepad's lightweight formatting capabilities have been expanded to include tables. To insert a table, use the 'Table' option in the formatting toolbar, or add a table directly using Markdown ...