On Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 5:10:29 p.m. UTC+1 John MacFarlane wrote:

If this is a syntax that is becoming common, we could consider
adding a markdown extension for it. You could open an issue on
our issue tracker.

Joseph Reagle <josep...@reagle.org> writes:

> 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
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> 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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