# Are we allowed to use a Markdown editor?

**URL:** <https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/are-we-allowed-to-use-a-markdown-editor/409722>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [July 14, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/are-we-allowed-to-use-a-markdown-editor/409722 "2020-07-14T22:23:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![tangent-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/tangent-man/32/135370_2.png) [@tangent-man](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/tangent-man)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/are-we-allowed-to-use-a-markdown-editor/409722/1 "2020-07-14T22:23:08Z")

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Hi,

I just wondered are we allowed to use a Markdown editor and cut&paste the HTML output into our own HTML code or is that considered cheating?

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**Author:** ![Sky020](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/sky020/32/128093_2.png) [@Sky020](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/Sky020)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/are-we-allowed-to-use-a-markdown-editor/409722/2 "2020-07-14T22:36:06Z")

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Hello there,

Are you referring to when completing the _Responsive Web Design_ projects, or for the _Frontend Libraries_ project _MarkDown Previewer_?

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**Author:** ![tangent-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/tangent-man/32/135370_2.png) [@tangent-man](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/tangent-man)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/are-we-allowed-to-use-a-markdown-editor/409722/3 "2020-07-14T22:49:30Z")

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I was asking in relation to the Responsice Web Design Project. I guess I am just being lazy putting together the technical documentation page…

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**Author:** ![Sky020](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/sky020/32/128093_2.png) [@Sky020](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/Sky020)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/are-we-allowed-to-use-a-markdown-editor/409722/4 "2020-07-14T22:51:17Z")

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Well, I would not see that as cheating _per-se_. However, that does defeat the purpose of the curriculum in teaching HTML and CSS. So, you can do it, but then you are not really following the curriculum…

Hope this helps

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**Author:** ![tangent-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/tangent-man/32/135370_2.png) [@tangent-man](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/tangent-man)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/are-we-allowed-to-use-a-markdown-editor/409722/5 "2020-07-14T23:03:52Z")

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Yes, thank you. I won’t do it. I’ll do it the long way and then maybe things will stick more. 🙂

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**Author:** ![ILM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/ilm/32/363239_2.png) [@ILM](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/ILM)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/are-we-allowed-to-use-a-markdown-editor/409722/6 "2021-06-01T18:47:04Z")

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Closed on June 1, 2021, 6:47pm UTC