

We include software recommendations for writing and converting Markdown. Since Markdown files are text files, they need to be converted to a separate output document, unlike MS Word or Google Docs, which displays the output document while editing it. We can also use Markdown to write LaTeX documents more easily compared to using pure LaTeX.

Markdown was initially designed for creating content for websites (HTML), but we can also create other document formats such as PDF and EPUB using converters like Pandoc.

Markdown offers the easiest and most versatile syntax and tools for creating these types of documents. This article explains how to use Markdown for writing scientific, technical, and academic documents that require equations, citations, code blocks, Unicode characters, and embedded vector graphics. Markdown is a lightweight markup language with plain text formatting syntax.
