Markdown cheat sheet

Headers

# This is an <h1> tag
## This is an <h2> tag
###### This is an <h6> tag

EMPHASIS

*This text will be italic*
_This will also be italic_
**This text will be bold**
__This will also be bold__
*You **can** combine them*

BLOCKQUOTES

As Grace Hopper said:
> I’ve always been more interested
> in the future than in the past.

LISTS

Unordered

* Item 1
* Item 2
  * Item 2a
  * Item 2b

• Item 1
• Item 2
  • Item 2a
  • Item 2b

Orderred

1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
    * Item 3a
    * Item 3b
        * Item 3b.1

1. Item 1
2. Item 2
3. Item 3
   • Item 3a
   • Item 3b
     • Item 3b.1

IMAGES

![GitHub Logo](/images/logo.png)
Format: ![Alt Text](url)

LINKS

[GitHub](http://github.com)

BACKSLASH ESCAPES

Markdown allows you to use backslash escapes to generate literal characters which
would otherwise have special meaning in Markdown’s formaing syntax.
Markdown provides backslash escapes for
the following characters:
\ backslash
` backtick
* asterisk
_ underscore
{} curly braces
[] square brackets
() parentheses
# hash mark
+ plus sign
- minus sign (hyphen)
. dot
! exclamation mark

TASK LISTS

- [x] this is a complete item
- [ ] this is an incomplete item
- [x] @mentions, #refs, [links](),
**formatting**, and <del>tags</del>
supported
- [x] list syntax required (any
unordered or ordered list
supported)

• this is a complete item
• this is an incomplete item
• @mentions, #refs, links, formatting, and tags supported
• list syntax required (any unordered or ordered list supported)

TABLES

First Header | Second Header
------------ | -------------
Content cell 1 | Content cell 2
Content column 1 | Content column 2

First Header	Second Header
Content cell 1	Content cell 2
Content column 1	Content column 2