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 Freeware Windows text editor for the CommonMark? flavor of Markdown

 Author:   Mike Ward
 Homepage: http://mike-ward.net/markdownedit/
 Family:   MarkdownEditorFamily 
 Platform: Windows
 License:  MIT License

Markdown Edit is a Windows desktop CommonMark? (a.k.a. Markdown) editor with an emphasis on content and keyboard shortcuts. There is minimal window chrome and most functions are accessed through keyboard shortcuts. There is no main menu, status bar, tabbed windows or other distractions.

Drag and Drop image uploads
Document Formatting. Make your Markdown beautiful
Syntax highlighting editor
Side-by-side HTML preview
Quickly show/hide preview
CommonMark? standard Markdown engine
User preferences stored in a text file for easy sharing
Full screen covers task-bar (optional)
Keyboard shortcuts for bold, italic, headers, lists, block quotes, etc.
User defined snippets improve the speed and proficiency of writing documents.
Modern UI look and feel
Not a Windows Store App
Synchronized scrolling
User settable fonts, colors, themes
User defined style sheets
As you type spell checking
Paste Special replaces Microsoft Word's smart quotes/hyphens/etc. with plain text equivalents
Quickly open recent files
Quickly change themes
Word Count
Auto Save
Select previous/next header
Highlight current line
Open Source
MIT License

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