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Markdown Basics

Markdown is a simple markup language that was created to simplify text formatting. Simple tags allow you to bold or italicize words and give them other formatting features defined in HTML. Below you can find basic syntax to produce your content. For more information use the links below.

Table of contents

  1. Elements
  2. Markdown elements in use
    1. Headings
    2. Paragraphs
    3. Lists
    4. Blockquotes
    5. Links
    6. Emphasis
    7. Images
  3. More information

Elements

Syntax Description
Headers use # before a header of your document section, for example #H1, ## H2, ### H3
Paragraphs these are one or more lines of written text
Lists list ordered as 1,2,3 or as a bullet list
Blockquotes insert > before every line
Links [ID] (http://example.com/)
Emphasis wrap asterisks (*) and underscores (_) before a word or sentence
Images can be inline or reference, for example: ! [text] (/path/to/img.jpg)

Markdown elements in use

Headings

Headers

Paragraphs

A paragraph does not require special syntax in Markdown. Just several lines of written text.

Lists

lists

lists

lists

Blockquotes

blockquote blockquote

An inline link consists of [text] followed by (file_name). This is an example of link: [ID] (http://example.com/)

Emphasis

To format text as bold, enclose it in two asteriks. bold bold

To format text as italic, enclose it in a single asteriks. italics italics

To format text as bold and italic use triple asteriks. bolditalics bolditalics

Images

To insert image, use ![text] followed by (/path/to/img.jpg)

ℹ️ Tip: If an image fails in adding, save either your file or entire workspace.

More information

Markdown-help

Markdown-tutorial