Yes, Obsidian can export to PDF, I confused that, but I assumed that the 
process would be the same, but I just checked, and now I'm not sure how 
Obsidian exports to PDF. 

How would I create/implement such a filter to convert this?
Thanks :)

On Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 2:55:34 p.m. UTC+1 Joseph wrote:

> This is the first time I've encountered [this syntax][1] and it is not 
> natively supported by pandoc. Or am I wrong and you are saying pandoc 
> handles it when using the latex/PDF writer? (Or, are you saying Obsidian 
> can export to PDF, but not Word?)
>
> I see there's been some discussion on the [CommonMark forum][2], but it 
> doesn't look like you'd find an immediate solution.
>
> Using a filter or hacking something that converts `==foo==` to 
> [foo]{.highlight} that is properly rendered in Word might be options.
>
> [1]: https://www.markdownguide.org/extended-syntax/#highlight
> [2]: 
> https://talk.commonmark.org/t/highlighting-text-with-the-mark-element/840
>
> On 21-12-09 08:29, Paul wrote:
> > I use a lot of highlighting in my markdown editor Obsidian, but I was 
> wondering if there's a way to have that highlighting show up in the Word or 
> Libreoffice Writer files?
> > 
> > Bold and italics work fine, as far as I can tell, and when converting to 
> a pdf the highlighting transfers great. I gather, however, that the 
> ==highlighting== is not standard in all markdown so is that the issue?
>

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