Markdown is an easy-to-use formatting language for creating structured documents. It is also a platform agnostic language; any documents you write in markdown are compatible with nearly any text editor. Here's how to use some common Markdown elements:

Headings

Create headings by using hashtags (#) at the start of a line:

Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

The more hashtags, the smaller the heading.

Text Formatting

• Make text italic by surrounding it with single asterisks: *italic*
• Make text bold by surrounding it with double asterisks: **bold**
• Create strikethrough text with double tildes: ~~strikethrough~~

Lists

Unordered Lists

Use a dash (-), asterisk (*), or plus (+) for bullet points:

• Item 1
• Item 2
• Subitem 2.1
• Subitem 2.2

Ordered Lists

Use numbers followed by periods for ordered lists:

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

Links

Create a link by putting the link text in square brackets followed by the URL in parentheses:

[name of file](link to file)

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Images

Add images similarly to links, but with an exclamation mark at the start:

![name of image](link to image)

Quotes

Use a greater-than sign (>) to create block quotes:

This is a block quote. It can span multiple lines.

Code

For inline code, use single backticks: code here

For code blocks, use triple backticks:

function example() {
  console.log("Hello, world!");
}

Horizontal Lines

Create a horizontal line with three or more hyphens, asterisks, or underscores:

---

That's it! You now know the basics of Markdown formatting.