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Markdown Cheatsheet
Content from The Markdown Guide
Basic Syntax
# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3
**bold text**
*italicized text*
> blockquote
1. First item
2. Second item
3. Third item
- First item
- Second item
- Third item
`code`
---
[Markdown Guide](https://www.markdownguide.org)

Rendered:
Heading 1
Heading 2
Heading 3
bold text
italicized text
blockquote
- First item
- Second item
- Third item
- First item
- Second item
- Third item
code
Extended Syntax
| Syntax | Description |
|------------|-------------|
| Header | Title |
| Paragraph | Text |
```json # Fenced Code Block
{
"firstName": "John",
"lastName": "Smith",
"age": 25
} ```
Here's a sentence with a footnote. 1
[^1]: This is the footnote.
### My Great Heading {#custom-id}`| # Creating an ID to refer to headings with
term
: definition
~~The world is flat.~~ # Strike Through
I need to highlight these ==very important words==.
- [x] Write the press release # Task List
- [ ] Update the website
- [ ] Contact the media
That is so funny! :joy: # Emoji
H~2~O # Subscript
X^2^ # Superscript
Rendered (The one my website can render atleast):
Syntax | Description |
---|---|
Header | Title |
Paragraph | Text |
{
"firstName": "John",
"lastName": "Smith",
"age": 25
}
Here’s a sentence with a footnote. 1
My Great Heading
The world is flat.
- Write the press release
- Update the website
- Contact the media
Useful Tools
Tool | Purpose / Description |
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Obsidian | Note-taking app using Markdown files with powerful linking |
Visual Studio Code | Code editor with Markdown preview and extensions |
Markdown Preview Enhanced | VS Code extension for advanced Markdown rendering |
Grip | GitHub Readme Instant Preview — renders Markdown as GitHub would |
Pandoc | Converts Markdown to/from many formats (PDF, DOCX, HTML, LaTeX…) |
MarkdownLint | Linter for Markdown — checks style, formatting rules |
mdBook | Create books or documentation from Markdown files |
Docsify | Generate docs websites from Markdown files |
markdown-pdf | CLI tool to convert Markdown to PDF using Node.js |
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