Markdown Cheat Sheet for Beginners

Headings and emphasis

Start a line with # for a main heading, ## for a subheading, and so on up to ######.

Wrap words in **double stars** for bold, *single stars* for italic, and ~~tildes~~ for strikethrough.

Lists

Start lines with - or * for bullet points, or 1. 2. 3. for a numbered list. Indent by two or four spaces to nest a list inside another.

Links, images and code

The common patterns:

• Link: [link text](https://example.com)
• Image: 
• Inline code: wrap text in `backticks`
• Code block: put ``` on the line before and after the code

Quotes and tables

Start a line with > to make a quote.

Tables use pipes and dashes: | Name | Age | on the first line, |---|---| on the second, then one row per line.

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