Markdown Quick Reference Guide
Markdown is a lightweight markup language created in 2004. It is designed to convert easy to write text to html or xhtml. The details of the current specification known as CommanMark you can find here. To add additional functionality different flavors of Markdown were developed over the years. This guide is based on the GitHub Flavored markdown
Text Formatting
*italics*
_italics_
**bold**
__bold__
***Bold & Italics***
**Bold & _Nested Italics_**
~~strickthrough~~
<sub>Sub Script Text</sub>
<sup>Super Sub Script Text</sup>
<Hidden Text>
Paragraph
Create a paragraph by leaving a blank line between the text.
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Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum
Lists
Unordered
* first item
* add four spaces for sub item
* Second item
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first item
-
add four spaces for sub item
-
-
Second item
- first item in the list
- second item in the list
- add 4 spaces to indent sub item in list
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first item in the list
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second item in the list
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add 4 spaces to indent sub item in list
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Headers
# First tier header
## Second tier header
### Third tier header
#### Forth tier header
##### five tier header
###### sixth tier header
## Second tier header
Horizontal line
Three hyphens
---
Three asterisks
***
Three underscores
___
Three hyphens
Three asterisks
Three underscores
Quotes
> This is quoted text
>-- Some Person
The quote will look like this:
This is quoted text