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title: How to write Markdown
categoryId: how-to-use
subCategoryId: Knowledge sharing
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You can create team knowledge notes in Repsona (Markdown-compatible) to organize and share information. This article explains how to write Markdown.
| Who can use it | Available on |
|---|---|
| All | All |
## What Is Markdown?
**Markdown** is a simple text-based markup language that lets you write using plain text while easily adding formatting such as *bold*, *italics*, and headings.
Because it’s just plain text, you can start writing immediately—no complex formatting or software required. It lets you focus on the essence of “writing,” without getting distracted by adjusting layouts or figuring out how an app works.
In fact, this help site itself is written in Markdown.
## Features of Markdown
- Easy for anyone to write
- Readable as plain text
- Simple syntax for clean formatting and structure
- Supported by many platforms and services
- Since it’s plain text, changes and differences are easy to track
## How to write Markdown
### Heading
Use `#` for the heading. Increasing the number of `#` will result in a deeper hierarchy of headings.
```
# Heading h1
## Heading h2
### Heading h3
#### Heading h4
##### Heading h5
###### Heading h6
```
Heading h1
Heading h2
Heading h3
Heading h4
Heading h5
Heading h6
### Bold
Enclose it in `**` to make it bold.
```
** Emphasis (bold) **
```
**Emphasis (bold)**
### Italic
Enclose it in `*` to make it italic.
```
*Emphasis (italic)*
```
*Emphasis (italic)*
### Strikethrough
If you enclose it in `~~`, it will be a strikethrough.
```
~~strikethrough~~
```
~~strikethrough~~
### Link
Links can be written as `[link string] (URL)`.
```
[Repsona website](https://repsona.com)
```
[Repsona website](https://repsona.com)
### List
Use `-` for the list. You can start a new line and make a list continuously. You can move down the hierarchy with tabs.
```
- List
- List
- List
```
- List
- List
- List
### Numbered list
Use `1.` for numbered lists. You can start a new line and make a list continuously. You can move down the hierarchy with tabs.
```
1. List
1. List
1. List
```
1. List
1. List
1. List
### Checklist
Use `[ ]` for the checklist. To check it, use `[x]`.
```
[ ] Checklist
[x] Checklist
```
Checklist
Checklist
### Table
Write the table by enclosing it like a table using `|` or `-`.
```
| Left align | Right align | Center align |
|:-----------------|------------------:|:------------------:|
| This | This | This |
| column | column | column |
| will | will | will |
| be | be | be |
| left | right | center |
| aligned | aligned | aligned |
```
| Left align | Right align | Center align |
|:-----------------|------------------:|:------------------:|
| This | This | This |
| column | column | column |
| will | will | will |
| be | be | be |
| left | right | center |
| aligned | aligned | aligned |
### Quote
Use `>` for citations.
```
> Quote
>> Quote
```
> Quote
>> Quote
### Code
Enclose the code in ```. It also supports code syntax.