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Is it possible to write markdown in Google docs? This is what often pushed me back to Confluence for various docs, the markdown plugin works as expected, so I can write naturally or copy-paste from obsidian.

Markdown is so ubiquitous as a dev that I strongly resist writing anything else these days.



Google Docs supports Markdown just enough to frustrate the life out of you.


I saw your comment, enabled Markdown in a Google Doc, tried to write a code block, became immediately frustrated.

Looks like it only supports bold/italic, links, and headers.


Yes, Google added limited support for Markdown last year, though I'm not sure if it's rolled out to all accounts yet.

Support documentation: https://support.google.com/docs/answer/12014036?hl=en

Wired article going in a little more depth: https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-use-markdown-google-docs/




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