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The document provides an overview of Markdown, a lightweight markup language created by John Gruber in 2004, used for adding formatting to plaintext documents. Unlike WYSIWYG editors like Microsoft Word, Markdown requires the user to add specific syntax to text to format it, such as using number signs for headings or asterisks for bold text. The document also mentions that getting used to Markdown syntax can take some time for those accustomed to visual text editors.
Keywords:
- Markdown
- lightweight markup language
- John Gruber
- formatting
- plaintext text documents
- WYSIWYG editor
- syntax
- headings
- bold text
- Visual Studio Code