Write Markdown

Head to the Demo editor to practice some Markdown basics.

Basics

Academic documents are usually organized using Headers and Paragraphs, which correspond to semantic structure elements even though it is mostly intuitive.

Headers can be added in two ways, traditional setext-style or newer ATX-style. Be sure to include a blank line above and below a header.

Setext-style
Header One
==========

Header Two
----------

Header One

Header Two

Setext style headers are intuitive, however, ATX style provides more control and are much more commonly used. ATX headers range from level one to six, with one being the most important.

ATX-style
# Header One

## Header Two

### Header Three

Header One

Header Two

Header Three

Paragraphs don’t require any special markup. For example:

Any text with no empty lines between will be joined into a paragraph.
Leave an empty line between headings and paragraphs.

Since there is an empty line above, 
this will start a new paragraph.
This gives you the option to write a paragraph all on one line 
(like a word processor),
or to put each sentence on its own line.
Splitting the sentences can make editing and version control easier. 

Any text with no empty lines between will be joined into a paragraph. Leave an empty line between headings and paragraphs.

Since there is an empty line above, this will start a new paragraph. This gives you the option to write a paragraph all on one line (like a word processor), or to put each sentence on its own line. Splitting the sentences can make editing and version control easier.

A bullet list is created using *, +, or -, followed by a space. Put each list item on a new line. A numbered list is created using a number + ., followed by a space. The items will be automatically renumbered correctly in outputs. Both kinds of lists can be nested by tabbing in a level.

- dog
- cat
- muffin
  • dog
  • cat
  • muffin

1. dog
2. cat
6. muffin
1. other thing
  1. dog
  2. cat
  3. muffin
  4. other thing

1. dog
    - bark
    - wag
2. cat
    - meow
6. muffin
    - yum
  1. dog
    • bark
    • wag
  2. cat
    • meow
  3. muffin
    • yum

Inline Elements

Markdown HTML
*Emphasis* or _emphasis_ Emphasis or emphasis
**Strong** or __strong__ Strong or strong
inline [hyperlink](https://www.google.com) inline hyperlink
image ![alt text](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Markdown-mark.svg/208px-Markdown-mark.svg.png) image alt text
footnote.[^1] footnote.1

[^1]: example footnote definition.

Block Elements

Here are some more things to try:

Code can be highlighted inline with `backticks`.
Or make a code block opening with three backticks alone on a line 
and close with three more on a line. 
Add the language name next to the top backticks for highlighting.

## Horizontal rule

-------------

> Block quote.
> Continuing the quote.

## Tables

| column1 | column2 | column3 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| value | value | value |
| value | value | value |

  1. example footnote definition.