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Your comprehensive guide to Markdown syntax and formatting

📌 Basic Syntax

Headings

# Heading 1 ## Heading 2 ### Heading 3 #### Heading 4 ##### Heading 5 ###### Heading 6

Heading 1

Heading 2

Heading 3

Heading 4

Heading 5

Heading 6

Text Formatting

**Bold text** __Also bold__ *Italic text* _Also italic_ ***Bold & Italic*** ~~Strikethrough~~

Bold text
Also bold

Italic text
Also italic

Bold & Italic
~~Strikethrough~~

🔗 Links & Images

Links

[Link text](https://example.com) [Link with title](URL "Title") [Reference link][ref] [ref]: https://example.com

Link text
Link with title
https://auto-link.com
Reference link

Images

![Alt text](image.jpg) ![With title](img.jpg "Title") [![Clickable](img.jpg)](link)

📷 Alt text

📷 Title

📷 Clickable

📝 Lists

Unordered Lists

- Item 1 - Item 2 - Nested item - Another nested - Item 3 * Also works + This too

Item 1
Item 2
- Nested item
- Another nested
Item 3

Also works
This too

Ordered & Task Lists

1. First item 2. Second item 1. Nested 2. Items 3. Third item - [ ] Unchecked - [x] Checked

First item
Second item
1. Nested
2. Items
Third item

☐ Unchecked
☑ Checked

💻 Code

Inline & Block Code

`inline code` ```javascript // Code block function hello() { return "World"; } ``` Indented code (4 spaces)

inline code

                                        // Code block

                                        function hello() {

                                          return "World";

                                        }

                                        Indented code

                                        (4 spaces)

Language Highlighting

```python def greet(name): return f"Hello {name}" ``` ```html

Title

```

                                        def greet(name):

                                          return f"Hello {name}"

                                        <div class="container">

                                          <h1>Title</h1>

                                        </div>

📊 Tables

Table Syntax

| Header 1 | Header 2 | Header 3 | |----------|:--------:|---------:| | Left | Center | Right | | Cell 1 | Cell 2 | Cell 3 | Alignment: :--- Left aligned :---: Center aligned ---: Right aligned

Header 1	Header 2	Header 3
Left	Center	Right
Cell 1	Cell 2	Cell 3

💭 Blockquotes & Horizontal Rules

Blockquotes

> This is a blockquote > Multiple lines > > > Nested blockquote > > With content > > Back to first level

This is a blockquote
Multiple lines

Nested blockquote
With content
Back to first level

Horizontal Rules

Text above --- Text below *** Also works ___

Text above

Text below

Also works

🚀 Advanced Features

HTML & Special Characters

Footnotes & Comments

Text with footnote[^1] [^1]: Footnote content Line break: end with two spaces or

Text with footnote¹

¹ Footnote content

Line break: end with
two spaces or

⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts

Action	Windows/Linux	Mac	Markdown Syntax
Bold	`Ctrl + B`	`⌘ + B`	`text`
Italic	`Ctrl + I`	`⌘ + I`	`text`
Link	`Ctrl + K`	`⌘ + K`	`[text](url)`
Code	`Ctrl + E`	`⌘ + E`	`code`
Heading	`Ctrl + H`	`⌘ + H`	`## Heading`
List	`Ctrl + L`	`⌘ + L`	`- item`
Quote	`Ctrl + Q`	`⌘ + Q`	`> quote`

💡 Quick Tips & Best Practices

✓ Line Breaks End a line with two spaces or use <br> tag for line breaks.

⚡ Escape Characters Use backslash to escape: \*, \#, \_, \[

📝 Nested Lists Use 2 or 4 spaces for indentation in nested lists.

🔗 Reference Links Define links once and reuse them throughout your document.

🎨 Syntax Highlighting Specify language after triple backticks: ```python

📊 Table Alignment Use colons in separator row to align columns.

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