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The Ultimate Markdown Cheat Sheet: A Blogger’s Best Friend

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In this article, we will discuss about Markdown and provide an easy-to-use Markdown Cheat Sheet.

What is Markdown?

Markdown is a lightweight markup language that you can use to add formatting elements to plaintext text documents. It allows us to add formatting elements to our documents without complex HTML or other markup languages. Markdown is widely used for creating content on websites, blogs, forums, and more. The best part? You don’t need any special software — just a plain text editor and this cheat sheet!

You can also start or fork this GitHub Repo if you like.

Github: Markdown cheat sheet

Heading 

# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3
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Paragraph 

Paragraph
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Emphasized text 

_Emphasized text_ or *Emphasized text*
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Example: Emphasized text

Underlining Text 

<u> My Underlined Text</u>
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Example: My Underlined Text

Strike through text 

~~Strikethrough text~~
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Example: Strikethrough text

Superscript 

This is a <sup>superscript</sup> text
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Example: This is a superscript text

Strong text 

__Strong text__ or **Strong text**
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Example: Strong text

Strong emphasized text 

___Strong emphasized text___ or ***Strong emphasized text***
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Example:　Strong emphasized text

Text colors and fonts 

In his beard lived three <span style="color:red">cardinals</span>.
I am in <span style="font-family:Papyrus; font-size:4em;">LOVE!</span>
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Example:

  • In his beard lived three cardinals.
  • I am in LOVE!

Links 

[Sample Link](http://www.example.com/) and <http://example.com/>
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Example: Sample Link and http://example.com/

Goto Any heading 

[heading-1](#heading-1 "Goto heading-1")
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Example: Goto Heading

Table 

| First Header | Second Header |
| ------------ | ------------- |
| Content Cell | Content Cell  |
| Content Cell | Content Cell  |
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Example:

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

Adding a pipe | in a cell 

| First Header | Second Header |
| ------------ | ------------- |
| Content Cell | Content Cell  |
| Content Cell | \             |
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Example:

First Header Second Header
Content Cell Content Cell
Content Cell \

Left, right and center aligned table 

| Left aligned Header | Right aligned Header | Center aligned Header |
| :------------------ | -------------------: | :-------------------: |
| Content Cell        |         Content Cell |     Content Cell      |
| Content Cell        |         Content Cell |     Content Cell      |
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Example:

Left aligned Header Right aligned Header Center aligned Header
Content Cell Content Cell Content Cell
Content Cell Content Cell Content Cell

Quoting code 

Use `git status` to list all new or modified files that haven't yet been committed.
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Example: Use git status to list all new or modified files that haven't yet been committed.

code Block 

```ruby
```
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Example

def sum(a,b)
  a + b
end
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Bullet list 

* Bullet list
  * Nested bullet
    * Sub-nested bullet etc
* Bullet list item 2

-OR-

- Bullet list
  - Nested bullet
    - Sub-nested bullet etc
- Bullet list item 2
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Example:

  • Bullet list
    • Nested bullet
    • Sub-nested bullet etc
  • Bullet list item 2

Ordered List 

1. A numbered list
  1. A nested numbered list
  2. Which is numbered
2. Which is numbered
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Example:

  1. A numbered list
    1. A nested numbered list
    2. Which is numbered
  2. Which is numbered

Task List 

- [ ] An uncompleted task
- [x] A completed task
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Example:

  • [ ] An uncompleted task
  • [x] A completed task

Subtask 

- [ ] Project 1
  - [ ] Subtask 1
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Example:

  • [ ] Project 1
    • [ ] Subtask 1

Blockquote 

> Blockquote
>> Nested Blockquote
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Example:

Blockquote

Nested blockquote

Horizontal line 

- - - -
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Example:

Image with alt 

![picture alt](http://example.com/200x150)
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Example: picture alt

Foldable text 

<details>
  <summary>Title 1</summary>
  <p>Title 1 Title 1 Title 1</p>
</details>
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Example:

Title 1

Title 1 Title 1 Title 1

Title 2

Title 2 Title 2 Title 2

Link to a specific part of the page 

[text goes here](#section_name)
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Example: Go To TOP

Hotkey 

<kbd>⌘F</kbd>
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Example:

⌘F ⇧⌘F

Hotkey list

Key Symbol
Option ⌥
Control ⌃
Command ⌘
Shift ⇧
Caps Lock ⇪
Tab ⇥
Esc ⎋
Power ⌽
Return ↩
Delete ⌫
Up ↑
Down ↓
Left ←
Right →

Emoji

❗ Use emoji icons to enhance text. 👍 Look up emoji codes at emoji-cheat-sheet.com

Code appears between colons :EMOJICODE:
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Footnotes 

Here is a simple footnote[^1].

A footnote can also have multiple lines[^2].

[^1]: My reference.
[^2]: To add line breaks within a footnote, prefix new lines with 2 spaces.
  This is a second line.
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Example:

Here is a simple footnote1.

A footnote can also have multiple lines2.

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Alerts 

> [!NOTE]
> Highlights information that users should take into account, even when skimming.

> [!IMPORTANT]
> Crucial information necessary for users to succeed.

> [!WARNING]
> Critical content demanding immediate user attention due to potential risks.
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Example:

image

Hiding content with comments 

<!-- This content will not appear in the rendered Markdown -->
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Reference: Markdown Guide

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  1. My reference. ↩

  2. To add line breaks within a footnote, prefix new lines with 2 spaces.
    This is a second line. ↩

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