Welcome to our Markdown tutorial! This guide will help you understand the basics of Markdown, a lightweight markup language with plain-text formatting syntax.

What is Markdown?

Markdown is a simple way to create formatted text using plain text. It's often used in blogs, documentation, and emails. It's designed to be easy to read and write, while still providing powerful formatting capabilities.

Basic Formatting

Here are some basic formatting options in Markdown:

  • Headers: Use # to create headers. The number of # symbols corresponds to the header level.

    • # Header 1
    • ## Header 2
    • ### Header 3

  • Lists: Use - or * for unordered lists, or 1. for ordered lists.

    • Unordered list:
      • Item 1
      • Item 2
      • Item 3
    • Ordered list:
      1. Item 1
      2. Item 2
      3. Item 3

  • Emphasis: Use * or _ to italicize or bold text.

    • Italic or Italic
    • Bold or Bold

  • Links: Use [text](url) to create links.

  • Images: Use ![alt text](image url) to insert images.

    • Markdown Logo

Advanced Formatting

Markdown also supports more advanced formatting options, such as tables, code blocks, and more.

  • Tables:

    | Header 1 | Header 2 | Header 3 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cell 1 | Cell 2 | Cell 3 |
| Cell 4 | Cell 5 | Cell 6 |

  • Code Blocks:

    # Code Block
This is a code block.

  • Footnotes:

    • This is a footnote1.
    • [^footnote]: This is the footnote content.

Learn More

For more information and resources on Markdown, check out our Markdown Guide.

Markdown Book