Markdown tags
What is Markdown?
Markdown is a simple way to format text on the internet. It lets you make things like headings, bold or italic text, lists and links quickly and easily. It’s often used to create things like blogs, documentation and README files for software projects.
To use Markdown, all you need to do is add special symbols to your text. For example, to create a heading, put a hashtag (#) in front of the text you want to make into a heading.
Markdown is a great way to write on the web because it’s simple and easy to read. You don’t need to learn a lot of complicated code, and you don’t need any special software. All you need is a text editor and a basic understanding of Markdown.
Some Useful Tags
| Tag | What it does |
|---|---|
| # | Creates a heading – you can use up to 6 #s to create different levels |
| *text* | Makes the text between the *s italic |
| **test** | Makes the text between the **s bold |
| – item | Makes a bullet-point list |
| 1. item | Makes a numbered list |
| – [ ] / – [x] | Makes a checkbox list (x for checked, space for unchecked) |
| — | Draws a horizontal line |
|  | Inserts the image from the URL with the specified alt text |
| [link text](URL) | Creates a link to the URL with the given link text |
| :emoji | Adds the given emoji |
| > quote | Adds a blockquote |
More Tags
There is a huge variety of other tags available which you might want to have a go at using – the best resource for these is the Markdown Guide website, which has all the different tags which let you do things like add tables, code blocks and anything else you might want to include.
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