This is the reason I use Org-mode. It provides simplicity of formatting like Markdown, but provides enough flexibility to export to format of my choice as neede

This is the reason I use Org-mode. It provides simplicity of formatting like Markdown, but provides enough flexibility to export to format of my choice as needed. (Mainly, when I provide documents to others, I just generate PDF via LaTeX, but other formats including MS Word can be created fairly easily via ODT export.)