Example syntax

Example syntax

Basic formatting

Italics

* Italics *

Bold

** Bold **

Bold italics

*** Bold italics ***

Headings

Heading level 4

#### Heading level 4 ####

Heading level 5

##### Heading level 5 #####

With equivalents for h1, h2 and h3

Images

![An example image](http://lh5.ggpht.com/_WCR_kEMXsgQ/S05JEKjag_I/
AAAAAAAAETw/kGWEyIRqG-w/s640/IMG_4100.JPG "An example image")  (don't include new line)

Links

Internal Linking

[[Internal Linking]‌]

An external link

[An external link](http://the.link.example.com "The optional title text")

Lists

• List item 1
• List item 2
  • List item 2.1
  • List item 2.2

 * List item 1
 * List item 2
   * List item 2.1
   * List item 2.2

1. Ordered list item 1
2. Ordered list item 2
   1. Ordered list item 2.1
   2. Ordered list item 2.2

 1. Ordered list item 1
 2. Ordered list item 2
    1. Ordered list item 2.1
    2. Ordered list item 2.2

Tables

First Header	Second Header
Content Cell	Content Cell
Content Cell	Content Cell

First Header  | Second Header
------------- | -------------
Content Cell  | Content Cell
Content Cell  | Content Cell

Miscellaneous

Horizontal rule:

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- - - or ***

To escape a character used for formatting - for example an asterisk, precede with a backslash

• Non-escaped

* Escaped

* Non-escaped

\* Escaped

To get a new line without getting a new paragraph
Put a double space at the end of the line

More information

Full details of the Markdown syntax and Markdown Extra