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Title

Use this syntax to mark a piece of text as a heading.

Enter a symbol # at the beginning of the line, followed by a space, and then type the title text.
The title is divided into 6 levels, with more # indicating a lower level.

Foe exmaple:

# First-level Title
## Second-level Title
### Third-level Title
#### Fourth-level Title
##### Fifth-level Title
###### Sixth-level Title

It will show:

First-level Title

Second-level Title

Third-level Title

Fourth-level Title

Fifth-level Title

Sixth-level Title

HackMD will assist with completing the syntax automatically.

When you enter#, the system will pop up a menu offering similar syntax.

 

Quotation

Quotation

Use this syntax to mark a block of text as a quotation.
To create a quotation, type the > symbol at the beginning of the line, followed by a space, and then enter the quoted text. To create a nested quotation, add additional > symbols before the quoted text.

> Quotation
>> Nested quotation
>>> Nested quotation

It will show:

Quotation

Nested quotation

Nested quotation

Leave comment

If you want to reply in a comment within a note, you can click the in toolbar to insert a quoted comment.

It will show:

I love this part.Andy-hackmd

 

Italic & Bold

Use this syntax to mark a piece of text as bold and italic.
Adding * symbols at both ends of the text will make it bold or italic. Using one * creates italic text; using two * creates bold text.

*Italic*
**Bold**

It will show:
Italic
Bold

Hint

Utilize the toolbar above the editing to apply formatting to the selected text quickly.