BASIC MARKDOWN ELEMENTS CHEAT SHEET
Content Element Syntax What it Looks Like
# H1 # This is an H1
Heading ## H2 ## This is an H2
### H3 ### This is an H3
This what makes text look **bold**
Bold **bold text** in a sentence
Italic *italicized text* and this is how to make *italics* in text
You can block quote a piece of
Blockquote > blockquote text with the greater than symbol
And if you want to create a numbered or
ordered list, <ol><li> </li></ol> in HTML,
1. First item just add the number followed by a full stop.
Orderd List 2. Second item 1. First item in the list
3. Third item 2. Second item in the list
3. Third item
while the unordered list equivalent is created
- First item with only a dash - like so:
Unordered - this list
- Second item
List - is not orderd
- Third item
- at all
And if you’re showing a code highlight,
it’s done through the backquote or `
Code `code`
\\this code does nothing
except comment
Horizontal and once you’re done you can
and once you’re done you can
use — to create a horizontal rule like so
Rule use---to create a horizontal rule like so
[Markdown Cheat Sheet] If you want to display a link, use [square
Link (http://www.collectiveray.com/
brackets] followed by (brackets) like this:
markdown-cheat-sheet) Markdown Cheat sheet
Finally, an image is a punctuation mark
 for the alt text] (and-brackets-
for-the-filename.jpg)
These elements extend the basic syntax by
EXTENDED SYNTAX adding additional features. But be careful, not all
Markdown applications support these elements.
Content Element Markdown Syntax What it Looks Like
| Row Name | Description |
Row Name Row Name
| ----------- | ----------- |
| Pipes | are the separators | Pipes are the separators
Table | Dashes with pipes | to separate Dashes to separate the header from
the header from the contents | with pipes the contents
| And then as many rows | as you And then as as you need separated
need separated by pipes| many rows by pipes
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Code Block code", “firstName” : “David”
"firstName": "David", "lastName": “lastname” : “Attard”
"Attard", “age” : 40
"age": 40 }
Here's how to create a reference
with a footnote. You can find the
Here’s how to create a reference with a
markdown cheatsheet here [^1]
footnote. You can find the markdown
Footnote or [^1]: And here is where you add
cheatsheet here1
Reference the 1. And here is where you add the link
[link](https://www.collectiveray. as your reference
com/markdown-cheat-sheet)
as your reference
mark down terms mark down terms
Definition
List : and their definition and their defination
- [x] You can have tasks, checked You can have tasks, checked with
with an x between dash - and an x between dash - and square brackets
Task List
square brackets - [ ] or dash and or dash and square brackets
square brackets for unchecked for unchecked
Last but we have the
Strikethrough ~~The world is flat.~~ ~~double tilde for strikethrough~~
