Digital Resources for Mental Health Professionals: Document Creation (Part 5)
This is part 5 of a series on document creation. Which is part of a multi-series of posts on digital resources for mental health professionals.
WYSIWYG vs Markdown
This is a quick comparison between WYSIWYG editors (such as Microsoft Word or LibreOffice Writer) and using markdown (MD) editors.
| WYSIWYG | MD |
|---|---|
| Modify document layout while thinking about the content of the document. | Save time and focus on content of your document |
| End result looks exactly like what is on screen. | Smaller document size |
| Higher familiarity | Interoperable and future-proof |
There are some markdown editors out there that combine elements from WYSIWYG by providing a preview that give you a sense of what your document looks like while you are formatting it with markdown. Examples include:
But you can really use any text editor and then use Pandoc to convert markdown to any type of document (including presentations).
Check out relevant links tagged markdown in my bookmarks for related software
This post is part of a challenge to write 150 blog posts of 150 words each this year. This is post 36 out of 150.