# Trick to edit Markdown files more easily - Part 1

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**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** tips-and-tricks\
**Created:** [3 March 2020 01:36 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/trick-to-edit-markdown-files-more-easily-part-1/6509 "2020-03-03T01:36:32Z")\
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OS Windows 10  
Joplin v. 1.0.179

First we install **Pandoc** and **Visual Studio Code**

Open Visual Studio Code and install the extension **vscode-pandoc** to convert Markdown files to HTML  
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/QeeWuBX.gif?noredirect "Imgur") ](https://imgur.com/QeeWuBX)

Open Joplin go to **Tools - Options - Text editor command path** , paste the path where Visual Studio Code was installed and click OK  
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/B2A7j3A.gif?noredirect "Imgur") ](https://imgur.com/B2A7j3A)

We create a **New notebook** and go to the **Joplin Web Clipper** extension in the browser, to capture a page  
[![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/Bm8sDim.gif?noredirect "Imgur") ](https://imgur.com/Bm8sDim)

`Translated with Google Translator and DeepL`