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How to use markdown in Tettra

Tettra's editors supports a variety of markdown shortcuts, such as block and inline formatting. These shortcuts help you format text while typing, keeping you from going back-and-forth between your keyboard and mouse.


Supported and non-supported markdown shortcuts

This includes a complete list of markdown shortcuts you can use in creating Tettra pages and those that we do not support. 


Block shortcut

Format 

Shortcut 

Header one 

(# ...) 

Header two 

(## ...) 

Header three 

(### ...) 

Numbered lists 

(1. ...) 

Unordered lists 

(- ...) or (* ...)` 

Regular code block 

(``` ...) 

Horizontal rule 

(---) 


Inline shortcut

Format 

Shortcut 

Inline code block 

(`...`) 

Bold text 

(**...**) or (__...__) 

Italic text 

(*...*) or (_..._) 

Strikethrough text 

(~~...~~) 

Underline 

(select text and click cmd+u) 


Make sure to hit [space] or [Enter] to complete the auto-markdown conversion.


Not supported

 Format 

  

 Shortcut  

Bold italics 

(***...***) 

Underline 

(__...__) 

Underline italics 

(__*...*__) 

Underline bold 

(__**...**__) 

Underline bold italics 

(__***...***__) 

Blockquotes 

(> ...) or (>>> ...) 

Images 

(! [alt text] (url)) 

Links 

([...] (...)) 

 

Emojis 

(: ... :) 

Tables 



Markdown samples

Using markdown shortcuts is easy. For example, typing "# Introduction" would start the line as an H1 header. If this is still unclear, check out the other cases below:


Example #1: Here's how you type out headers using markdowns:

 

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Example #2: Here's how you use markdown shortcuts to add a code block:

 

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