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I'm struggling with magazine designs for a client. Despite providing all the documentation in Markdown format, when I paste the content into Designer, it only shows the Markdown code. I initially thought Publisher would be suitable for this purpose since it handles all text needs, but unfortunately, Markdown doesn't work there either. Is there a plugin or a setting trick that would allow me to use Markdown text with Affinity apps, or am I out of luck?

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Markdown is not a supported format in the Affinity applications, Albert. Perhaps someday, as it's been requested, but there's no way to tell if or when it might happen.

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44 minutes ago, albertkinng said:

Despite providing all the documentation in Markdown format,

What does this mean?
Is the client providing this, or are you?

You can convert Markdown to other formats such as text, DOCX, and PDF - and then use those in Affinity.

Pandoc (free) can make these conversions (i.e. Markdown to Word, or PDF, or text)
Markdown Monster can export to HTML or PDF.
Some applications can convert HTML to ODT or DOCX.

 

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2 hours ago, kenmcd said:

What does this mean?

I opened the file, copied the content, and pasted it into Affinity Publisher. However, instead of seeing the actual content, I got the Markdown code. I'm not going to convert all these documents individually using a third-party app—it's much faster to place or copy and paste them directly. It's frustrating that Publisher can't handle Markdown!

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5 hours ago, albertkinng said:

I opened the file, copied the content, and pasted it into Affinity Publisher. However, instead of seeing the actual content, I got the Markdown code. I'm not going to convert all these documents individually using a third-party app—it's much faster to place or copy and paste them directly. It's frustrating that Publisher can't handle Markdown!

@albertkinng have you tried copying the content as rich text from https://marked2app.com and then pasting it into Publisher? I have often used Marked when I need to copy/paste rich text (use the ⌥⇧⌘C shortcut) from markdown docs. No conversion of countless files necessary.

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5 hours ago, albertkinng said:

I'm not going to convert all these documents individually using a third-party app—it's much faster to place or copy and paste them directly.

I doubt Markdown will ever be supported in copy and paste. This mode uses the computer's clipboard to copy exactly the selected text. If supported (as I hope), it will be via import/place.

But we can for sure ask for a "paste special" feature, doing the conversion on the fly.

Paolo

 

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On 8/14/2024 at 4:34 AM, PaoloT said:

I doubt Markdown will ever be supported in copy and paste.

I found the solution! The PopClip app does this magically! In this video you can see how easy it is! 

I copy the content from a document, refine the content with AI, copy the Markdown content and paste it on the new layout design document and use PopClip to convert it into RTF instantly! 

 

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