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**MarkdownPad** is a full-featured Markdown editor for Windows.

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> **What is Markdown?** Markdown is a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers. Markdown allows you to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, then convert it to structurally valid XHTML (or HTML).

> Markdown is used by popular websites like Reddit, GitHub, and Stack Overflow.

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# MarkdownPad Features #

## LivePreview ##

Instantly see how your documents look in HTML *as you create them*.

## Easy formatting with keyboard shortcuts ##

Markdown formatting can be applied (and removed) with handy keyboard shortcuts and toolbar buttons.

![Formatting text is easy in MarkdownPad.](http://markdownpad.com/img/MarkdownPad-formatting.png)

## Fully customizable ##

Color schemes, fonts, and sizes are all customizable.

![Customizable colors in MarkdownPad](http://markdownpad.com/img/MarkdownPad-colors.png)

You can also modify the CSS stylesheet of the rendered HTML right within the application.

![Customizable CSS in MarkdownPad](http://markdownpad.com/img/MarkdownPad-css.png) 

## HTML Export ##

Quickly create ready-to-use HTML documents, or simply copy a portion of your document as HTML.

![Copying selected text as HTML in MarkdownPad.](http://markdownpad.com/img/MarkdownPad-copyhtml.png)

## Distraction-free Mode ##

Having a hard time focusing? Activate Distraction-free mode to get some serious work done. 

![Distraction-free writing mode in MarkdownPad.](http://markdownpad.com/img/MarkdownPad_DistractionFree.png)

## About MarkdownPad ##

MarkdownPad was created by [Evan Wondrasek](http://evanw.com "Evan Wondrasek's website") and developed by Evan Wondrasek and David Kluver.

MarkdownPad is built for Windows and uses the latest .NET 4.0 and Windows Presentation Foundation 4 frameworks (this means it's *extra* shiny on the inside).

For updates, follow [@evanw](http://www.twitter.com/evanw "Evan Wondrasek on Twitter") on Twitter. Evan is also the founder and editor-in-chief of the technology blog [Techerator.com](http://techerator.com) and the creator of [BreakTaker](http://www.techerator.com/software/breaktaker/).

<div style="text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:12px;"><em>Copyright &copy;2011 <a href="http://evanw.com">Evan Wondrasek</a>.<br />This document was created in MarkdownPad (<a href="http://markdownpad.com/index.txt">source</a>).</p></div>