How to Use This Document
I suggest comparing the raw text source with the various final outputs (e.g.
HTML, LaTeX, PDF, OpenDocument) in order to see what can be accomplished.
There will be many similarities between output formats, but also a few
differences. Tables will end up in different places. Paragraphs won't break in
the same way. But these differences are superficial and are a result of trying
to optimize each format, without regard to identical output across formats
(which would be virtually impossible).
Remember, the main goal of Markdown\MultiMarkdown is to allow you to create a
document in plain text, with minimal distraction from markup, that can be
transformed into a variety of high quality outputs. Or, to quote John Gruber:
The overriding design goal for Markdown's formatting syntax is to make it as
readable as possible. The idea is that a Markdown-formatted document should be
publishable as-is, as plain text, without looking like it's been marked up
with tags or formatting instructions. While Markdown's syntax has been
influenced by several existing text-to-HTML filters, the single biggest source
of inspiration for Markdown's syntax is the format of plain text
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