Ask HN: Markdown, for students viable?

I wanted to show to my sister how great Mark Down is when I see her struggle with Ms Word formatting. She liked the approach, then she asked how can I create pdf and word doc as mostly is needed by teachers as end document. It ruined my morning so far, as pandoc needed command line, she is on Windows, command line is out of question due to paths and all that stuff. I could not find easy , free editor for Windows with .doc, .docx and pdf export option.

Anyone has any experience or suggestions in this regard or markdown is just not viable for non tech student...

Also please know that online editors or converters not applicable as internet dependency can be deal breaker in her case. Thanks in advance for any suggestions in this regard.