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Plain text is the most open, accessible format you can choose to write in. At the end of the day, a plain text file can always be opened on a computer. However, plain text itself is not much fun to read. Enter markdown. In a plain text editor or dedicated markdown editor, you can mark up your text to indicate what should be a header, bold, italic etc. You can then send your plain text document to pdf, html and other document formats. You can even create presentation slides.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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For this activity, use Dillinger<\/a>, on online markdown editing application to create a markdown<\/a> document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note<\/em> Basic markdown syntax is that same across most editors, so most any guide you come across should work, but occasionally you'll see reference to particular platforms or flavours<\/em>, like GitHub Flavoured Markdown<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read<\/strong> a bit more about Markdown: https:\/\/www.markdownguide.org\/getting-started\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a tutoria<\/strong>l: https:\/\/www.markdowntutorial.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep a cheat sheet<\/strong>: https:\/\/github.com\/adam-p\/markdown-here\/wiki\/Markdown-Cheatsheet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dig deeper <\/strong>and read about Pandoc, the engine that fuels the conversion of document types https:\/\/pandoc.org\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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For Example<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

An example of a markdown text using Dillinger<\/a> , which is an online markdown editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After you have completed this activity, please briefly share your experience with Dilinger and Markdown below. Thinking back to what you have learned in the Open Research<\/a> unit, what do you think the benefits of markdown could be for your work? <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Plain text is the most open, accessible format you can choose to write in. At the end of the day, a plain text file can always be opened on a computer. However, plain text itself is not much fun to read. Enter markdown. In a plain text editor or dedicated markdown editor, you can mark up your text to indicate what should be a header, bold, italic etc. You can then send your plain text document to pdf, html and other document formats. You can even create presentation slides.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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For this activity, use Dillinger<\/a>, on online markdown editing application to create a markdown<\/a> document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Note<\/em> Basic markdown syntax is that same across most editors, so most any guide you come across should work, but occasionally you’ll see reference to particular platforms or flavours<\/em>, like GitHub Flavoured Markdown<\/a><\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read<\/strong> a bit more about Markdown: https:\/\/www.markdownguide.org\/getting-started\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Take a tutoria<\/strong>l: https:\/\/www.markdowntutorial.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Keep a cheat sheet<\/strong>: https:\/\/github.com\/adam-p\/markdown-here\/wiki\/Markdown-Cheatsheet<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dig deeper <\/strong>and read about Pandoc, the engine that fuels the conversion of document types https:\/\/pandoc.org\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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For Example<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
An example of a markdown text using Dillinger<\/a> , which is an online markdown editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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After you have completed this activity, please briefly share your experience with Dilinger and Markdown below. Thinking back to what you have learned in the Open Research<\/a> unit, what do you think the benefits of markdown could be for your work? <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Image Credit<\/strong>: Image used on featured image untitled by Markus Spiske<\/a> (cc 0<\/a>)<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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