Getting started with Markdown
Basic Formatting
Every format type is related to an HTML tag.
The First Heading refers to the <h1> tag and is visualized like:
Hello World
and it’s written underlining the text with =:
Hello World
===========or by prepending # to the text:
# Hello WorldThe Second Heading refers to the <h2> tag and is visualized like:
Hello World
and it’s written underlining the text with -:
Hello World
-----------or by prepending ## to the text:
## Hello World(The number of # characters in front of your text corresponds to the header number. ### would be <h3>, and so on.)
The Inline code refers to the <pre><code> tag and is visalized like:
Hello World
and it’s written sourroundinding the text with `:
`Hello World`The Code blocks refers to the <pre><code> tag and is visualized like:
Hello Worldand it’s written by adding 4 (spaces) before each line:
Hello WorldThe Quote refers to the <blockquote> tag and is visualized like:
Hello World
and it’s written by adding a > before each paragraph:
> Hello WorldThe emphasis refers to the <em> tag and it’s visualized like:
Hello World
and it’s written sourroundinding the text with *
*Hello World*The Bold refers to the <strong> tag and it’s visualized like:
Hello World
and it’s written by surrounding the text with 2 *
**Hello World**The strong emphasis refers to the <em><strong> tag and it’s visualized like:
Hello World
and it’s written by surrounding the text with 3 *
***Hello World***