Markdown Explained in Under 10 Minutes

Markdown is used in a variety of sites from Github and Stack overflow to Reddit and WhatsApp and even Power Automate.  In the simplest terms, Markdown is a mechanism to format text on the web.  It belongs to a family of what we call “markup languages”.  You might have heard of one of the most common markup languages, HTML.

In this video I’ll explain what Markdown is and how to use it, all in under 10 minutes!

✅ Markdown Syntax Guide: https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/

✅ Word to Markdown Converter: https://word2md.com

✅ HTML to Markdown Converter: https://www.browserling.com/tools/html-to-markdown

Table of Contents:
00:00 – Intro
00:28 – What is Markdown and why should I care?
01:35 – Markdown vs HTML
02:38 – Understanding Markdown Syntax
05:03 – Using Markdown in Github
06:45 – Using Markdown to format a Power Automate Approval Email
08:51 – Convert a Word or Google Doc to Markdown
09:24 – Convert HTML to Markdown