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Basic Markdown Syntax

SOURCE - Markdown Cheat Sheet | Markdown Guide

These are the elements outlined in John Gruber's original design document. All Markdown applications support these elements.

Headings

# H1
## H2
### H3

Bold

**bold text**

bold text

Italic

*italicized text*

italicized text

Blockquote

> blockquote

blockquote

Ordered List

1. First item
2. Second item
3. Third item
  1. First item
  2. Second item
  3. Third item

Unordered List

- First item
- Second item
- Third item
  • First item
  • Second item
  • Third item

Code

`code`

code

Horizontal Rule

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[Markdown Guide](https://www.markdownguide.org)

Markdown Guide

Image

![alt text](https://www.markdownguide.org/assets/images/tux.png)

alt text