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Markdown in outlook [closed]

Because this is not the kind of company where wiki's are accepted, we tend to do a lot of communication through outlook. Sending code snippets through it is painfull. Is there some way to get the markdown thing we have here, but in outlook?

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Boris Callens Avatar asked Dec 01 '08 09:12

Boris Callens


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For future visitors: https://github.com/mmanela/MarkdownOutlook

Per their wiki:

A simple plugin for Outlook 2013 which adds a button to the compose mail menu to enable Markdown mode. When enabled your email will be turned from Markdown syntax to html when sending.

  • Uses MarkdownSharp for the markdown conversion
  • Uses VSTO to integrate with Outlook
  • Uses an Installer Project to build an installer
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Mrchief Avatar answered Sep 25 '22 21:09

Mrchief


I haven't been able to find an editor BUT you can write your email where I'm typing now which will show you the result in the preview pane. (including code snippets)

You can then copy the result from the preview pane into outlook (I've tried thunderbird too and it works)

If at first your code doesnt render nicely (ie colour coded) then ensure you are editing in the 'Ask Question' editor (not in the Your Answer section) - this made a difference for me.

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wal Avatar answered Sep 21 '22 21:09

wal