Common Markdown Syntax

Markdown is a simple and easy-to-use markup language for creating formatted text using a plain-text editor.

Headings

#

There are 6 level heading options.

# Heading level 1
## Heading level 2
### Heading level 3
#### Heading level 4
##### Heading level 5
###### Heading level 6

Output:

Phrase Emphasis

#

To make a phrase bold, surround words with ** or _.
To make a phrase italic, surround words with * or _.
To make a phrase underscore, surround words with <u> and </u>.
To make a phrase strikethrough, surround words with ~~.

**bold**
*italic*
_italic_
<u>underscore</u>
~~strikethrough~~

Output:

Font, color, size

#

Use HTML tag to set the font, color, and size of the content.

<font color="red" size=3 face="Times New Roman">Times New Roman</font>

Output:

Times New Roman

Center

#

Use HTML tag to set the content to the center.

<center>center</center>

Output:

Image

#

Write the image caption text inside []. If there is a title for the image, write into () as well.

![CaptionText](/path/to/image.jpg)
![CaptionText](/path/to/image.jpg "title")

If some parameters need to be adjusted, use HTML tags:

<img src="/path/to/image.jpg" width = "300" height = "200" alt="title" align=center />

Hyperlink

#

Put the link name into [], and the hyperlink into():

[LinkName](https://yourlink.com)

Or simply put the link into <>:

<https://yourlink.com>

Output:

LinkName

https://yourlink.com

Anchor link

#

Jump to a Specific Part of this Page:

[content](#TheHeadingYouWantToJump)

For example, jump to the Phrase Emphasis of this article:

[Phrase Emphasis](#phrase-emphasis)

List

#

Bulleted lists use asterisks*, pluses+, and hyphens- as list markers.

* line1
* line2

- line1
- line2

+ line1
+ line2

Same output:

• line1
• line2

Numbered lists use regular numbers followed by periods.

1. line1
2. line2

Output:

1. line1
2. line2

Check lists use list markers as bulleted lists, then make checkbox as follows:

* [ ] unchecked item
* [x] checked item

Output:

Blank space

#

Put   bwtween words to make a blank space. The number of   means the number of blank spaces.

word1 word2  word3

Output:

word1 word2  word3

blank lines

#

Put <br> between words to make a new line and blank lines. The number of <br> means the number of new lines.

line1<br>line2<br><br>line3<br><br><br>line4

Output:

line1
line2

line3


line4

Horizontal rule

#

Produce a horizontal rule by placing three or more asterisks*, hyphens-, or underscores_ on a line.

***
---
___

Output:

Or use HTML tag <hr /> instead.

Blockquotes

#

Use a chevron > for quotation, and more > for further nesting.

>blockquote
>>nested blockquote
>>>further nested blockquote

Output:

blockquote

nested blockquote

further nested blockquote

Code blocks

#

Use ` for inline code as below:

`inline code`

For multiple lines of code, wrap with three backticks ```:

    ```
    fenced code
    ```

Comments

#

Leave single comments:

[//]: # (comments here.)
[^_^]: # (comments here.)

Use HTML tags to hide multiple paragraph comments:

<div style='display: none'> 
Comments1
Comments2
Comments3
</div>

Or:

<!--
Comments1
Comments2
Comments3
-->

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