Markdown Cheat Sheet

For details, see Markdown Syntax Style Guide.

Basic Syntax

Headings

Include blank lines before and after headings.

# H1 (article title)

## H2 (main page headings)

### H3

#### H4 

H4 and higher are simply formatted as **bold**.

## Sample heading with anchor ID for deep linking {#anchor-id}

Anchor IDs are required to creating deep links. See []

Bold and italics

Bold: This is **bold** text

Italic: This is *italicized* text

Lists

Include blank lines before and after lists.

Important: Use the same syntax for lists within a document. For example, don’t combine * and +, or you’ll get a validation error.

Ordered List:

1. First item
1. Next item
1. Next item

1. First item
2. Next item
3. Next item

Unordered List:

* First item
* Second item
* Third item

• First item
• Second item
• Third item

Nested List:

To preserve numbering, indent items between steps, and handle blank lines properly.

1. First item

   >[!NOTE]
   >
   >Indented item between steps.

1. Second item

   ![](/docs/authoring-guide-exl/assets/logo.png?lang=en)

1. Third item

1. First item

   NOTE

   Indented item between steps.

2. Second item

   

3. Third item

Images

![logo](/docs/authoring-guide-exl/assets/logo.png?lang=en)

Links and cross-references

[Adobe](https://www.adobe.com)

https://www.adobe.com

<https://www.adobe.com>

Rendered:

Adobe

https://www.adobe.com

https://www.adobe.com

Links to internal articles:

See [Using processing rules](admin/getting-started/processing-rules.md)
See complete [Markdown Syntax Guide](markdown-syntax-guide.md)

See complete Markdown Syntax Guide

Root links:

/help/directory/otherdirectories/filename.md

Deep links:

Jump to [Change properties](#change-properties) heading at the end of this page.

See [Links and cross-references](/docs/authoring-guide-exl/using/markdown/syntax-style-guide.html?lang=en#links-and-cross-references) in a different article.

Jump to Change properties heading at the end of this page.

See Links and cross-references in a different article.

Code blocks

Code (inline):

This is `code` text

This is code text

Code block (fenced):

Use three backticks ( ` ) before and after the code lines. The open and close must have the same indent.

Following the backticks, specify the programming language that is used, ie python, javascript, etc, and this will allow syntax highlighting on the front end. If no language is specified, no highlighting will be available.

(Ignore the backslashes \ before the backticks in this example. We added those to show the example code.)

```javascript
{
“firstName”: “John”,
“lastName”: “Smith”,
“age”: 25
}
```

{
  "firstName": "John",
  "lastName": "Smith",
  "age": 25
}

Metadata

Add metadata to the top of the markdown file. The next line after the metadata line (and blank line) MUST be the article title (# Title).

---
title: Title for search optimization.
description: This is the article description used for search optimization. Use common search keywords and synonyms.
---

# Article title {#unique-anchor}

For a list of required and optional metadata, see Metadata for AdobeDocs.

Advanced Markdown Syntax

Table

| Syntax | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
| Paragraph | Text |

Syntax	Description
Column 1	Column 2
Paragraph	Text

Extended Markdown Syntax for Adobe documentation

Notes

We support Note, Tip, Important, Caution, and Warning. New tags include Prerequisites, Admin, and Availability.

Syntax:

>[!NOTE]
>
>This is a standard NOTE block.

>[!NOTE]
>[!TIP]
>[!IMPORTANT]
>[!WARNING]
>[!CAUTION]
>[!ADMIN]
>[!AVAILABILITY]
>[!PREREQUISITES]
>[!Related Articles]

Rendered:

Video

The video extension allows the video to be played on the page. You can also create a standard link to the video.

>[!VIDEO](https://video.tv.adobe.com/v/17187/)

More Like This

Use the “More Like This” component to display related links at the end of an article.

Syntax

Example

Localization tags

Use [!DNL] for certain solution names (such as Target) and third-party names (such as Microsoft Windows) that should remain in English. Use [!UICONTROL] for menu commands, dialog box options, and other UI items.

Target your objectives by using [!DNL Target] to perform A/B tests.

1. Click the **[!UICONTROL Process]** command.
1. Choose **[!UICONTROL Print All]** to print all the files on your server.

   The [!UICONTROL Print All] dialog box appears.

Change properties

For example, change heading ID:

### My Heading {#custom-id}

For details, see the Markdown Syntax Style Guide.