Markdown Cheat Sheet

# Markdown Cheat Sheet

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This Markdown cheat sheet provides a quick overview of all the Markdown syntax elements. It can’t cover every edge case, so if you need more information about any of these elements, refer to the reference guides for basic syntax and extended syntax.

Basic Syntax

## Basic Syntax

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

Heading

### Heading

H1

# H1

H2

## H2

H3

### 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

---

---

Link

Markdown Guide

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

Image

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

Extended Syntax

These elements extend the basic syntax by adding additional features. Not all Markdown applications support these elements.

Table

Syntax	Description
Header	Title
Paragraph	Text

| Syntax | Description |

| ----------- | ----------- |

| Header | Title |

| Paragraph | Text |

Fenced Code Block

{
  "firstName": "John",
  "lastName": "Smith",
  "age": 25
}

{

"firstName": "John",

"lastName": "Smith",

"age": 25

}

Footnote

Here's a sentence with a footnote. ¹

Here's a sentence with a footnote. [^1]

[^1]: This is the footnote.

Heading ID

My Great Heading {#custom-id}

### My Great Heading {#custom-id}

Definition List

term : definition

term

: definition

Strikethrough

The world is flat.

~~The world is flat.~~

Task List

• Write the press release
• Update the website
• Contact the media

- [x] Write the press release

- [ ] Update the website

- [ ] Contact the media

Emoji

That is so funny! 😂

That is so funny! :joy:

(See also Copying and Pasting Emoji)

Highlight

I need to highlight these ==very important words==.

I need to highlight these ==very important words==.

Subscript

H2O

H~2~O

Superscript

X^2^

X^2^

Footnotes

1. This is the footnote. ↩