Visual Markdown Tutorial

This guide provides a quick visual reference for common Markdown syntax.

Italic text

Markdown:

*Here is a line that should be italicized*!

Sample output:

Here is a line that should be italicized!

Bold text

Markdown:

**Here is a line that should be bolded!**

Sample output:

Here is a line that should be bolded!

Strikethrough text

Markdown:

~~Here is a line that should be struck through~~

Sample output:

~~Here is a line that should be struck through~~

Headings

Markdown:

# Here is an H1
## Here is an H2
### Here is an H3
#### Here is an H4
##### Here is an H5

Sample output:

Rendered headings:

• Level 1 heading: "Here is an H1"
• Level 2 heading: "Here is an H2"
• Level 3 heading: "Here is an H3"
• Level 4 heading: "Here is an H4"
• Level 5 heading: "Here is an H5"

Inline links

Markdown:

Here is a [link to the home page](/)

Sample output:

Here is a link to the home page

Named anchors

Markdown:

## Named Anchor

Jump to the [named anchor example](#named-anchor).

Sample output:

Named Anchor

Jump to the named anchor example.

Reference links

Markdown:

Please visit [Prefetch.net][prefetch-home].

[prefetch-home]: http://prefetch.net

Sample output:

Please visit Prefetch.net.

Images

Markdown:

![DOS 640K](/images/dos-640k.jpg)

Sample output:

Block quotes

Markdown:

> "This is a block quote"

Sample output:

"This is a block quote"

Inline code

Markdown:

`git commit -m "new commit to repo"`

Sample output:

git commit -m "new commit to repo"

Code blocks

Markdown:

```text

while :; do
  sleep 1
done

```

Sample output:

while :; do
  sleep 1
done

Unordered lists

Markdown:

- List item 1
- List item 2
- List item 3

Sample output:

• List item 1
• List item 2
• List item 3

Ordered lists

Markdown:

1. List item 1
2. List item 2
3. List item 3

Sample output:

1. List item 1
2. List item 2
3. List item 3

Nested lists

Markdown:

- List item 1
- List item 2
  1. Nested item 1
  2. Nested item 2

Sample output:

• List item 1
• List item 2
• Nested item 1
• Nested item 2

Hard line breaks

Markdown:

Here is a line that needs a hard break.
More text follows on the next line.

Sample output:

Here is a line that needs a hard break. More text follows on the next line.

Tables

Markdown:

Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3
-------- | -------- | --------
info     | info     | info

Sample output:

Paragraph breaks

Markdown:

This is one paragraph.

This is another paragraph.

Sample output:

This is one paragraph.

This is another paragraph.