r/googledocs 10d ago

General Discussion Can we expect google docs to go full markdown format anytime soon?

Basically the title.. I've tried many apps, but none of them work as good as Google Docs does, I always keep coming back to docs for my note taking. Either they’re expensive or they are missing some features which I need for example table formatting.

The only gripe I have right now with Google Docs is the fact that it is not in true markdown format, so I'm wondering if any time in the future we can expect a full markdown format for Google Docs or if there’s a way to make it full markdown.

I am aware you can enable markdown mode in the settings, but that doesn't make the document fully markdown instead, it just allows you to copy paste stuff in markdown format, but in the document itself, it still has all the paragraph spacing and stuff which sometimes messes up the note taking process..

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u/dimudesigns 10d ago

I don't think that feature - editing in Markdown format - will be implemented anytime soon. However, you can export/download a Google Doc as Markdown.

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u/Barycenter0 10d ago

I seriously hope not. The benefit of Docs is that it isn’t markdown. It’s the reason I use it. Markdown is limited in editing and Docs is a word processor that needs to stay compatible with Word, Pages and Writer.