Text Area Formatting
Headers
| Markdown Input | Output |
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Level 1 Header (H1)Level 2 Header (H2)Level 5 Header (H5) |
Paragraphs
| Markdown Input | Output |
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One or more consecutive lines of text separated by one or more blank lines. This is another paragraph. |
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Line Break
To create a line break, end a line in a paragraph with two or more spaces.
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I am a sentence with |
Lists
| Markdown Input | Output |
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Unordered lists
Asterisks, plus signs or dashes:
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Ordered lists
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Definition lists
Multiple definitions
Multiple terms
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Emphasis
| Markdown Input | Output |
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Italic (em tag)
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I am emphasized I am emphasized |
Bold (strong tag)
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I am bold I am bold |
Links
| Markdown Input | Output |
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Inline Method
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This is an example inline link. |
| Reference Method
The reference method has two parts: The link definition and the link itself. The link definition may be placed anywhere on the page and it will not show up on the page itself.
If you don't define an id in the link, like this: |
This is an example reference-method link. |
Automatic Links
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Code Blocks
| Markdown Input | Output |
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Indent with 4 spaces.
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This is a normal paragraph.
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Tables
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Literal Characters
The following characters sometimes have special meanings in Markdown. You can make sure Markdown doesn't interpret these characters by placing a backslash in front of them.
- \ backslash
- ` backtick
- * asterisk
- _ underscore
- {} curly braces
- [] square brackets
- () parentheses
- # hash mark
- + plus sign
- - minus sign (hyphen)
- . dot
- ! exclamation mark
- : colon
- | pipe
| Markdown Input | Output |
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\ ` * _ {} [] () # + - . ! : | |
