### Quick Overview of Markdown Syntax
See [Markdown as a new player of legibility | RMarkdown for Scientists (njtierney.com)](https://rmd4sci.njtierney.com/why-rmarkdown.html#markdown-as-a-new-player-to-legibility)
Simple Markdown:
```
# use '-' for a bullet list:
- bullet list
- bullet list
- bullet list
# use a number plus a perio for a numbered list:
1. numbered list
2. numbered list
3. numbered list
__bold__, **bold**,
_italic_, *italic*
> quote of something profound
```
| feature | markdown | rendered |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| superscript | 2^nd^ or ```2<sup>nd</sup> ``` | 2nd |
| subscript | CO~2~ or ```CO<sub>2</sub> ``` | CO2 |
| strikethrough | use ~~ ~~ | ~~mistake~~ |
| links | \[RStudio](http:://www.rstuidio.com/) | [RStudio](http:://www.rstuidio.com/) |
| images |  |  |
You can make text italic by surrounding it with underscores or asterisks, e.g., _text_ or *text*.
For bold text, use two underscores (__text__) or asterisks (**text**).
Text surrounded by ~ will be converted to a subscript (e.g., H~2~SO~4~ renders H2SO4), and similarly, two carets (^) produce a superscript (e.g., Fe^2+^ renders Fe2+).
To mark text as inline code, use a pair of backticks, e.g., `code`.3
Small caps can be produced by the HTML tag span, e.g., <span style="font-variant:small-caps;">Small Caps</span> renders Small Caps.
Links: [text](link), for example, [RStudio](https://www.rstudio.com)
Images: [text](link), for example, .
Footnotes: ^[], for example, ^[A footnote.].
Text formatting
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*italic* or _italic_
**bold** __bold__
`code`
superscript^2^ and subscript~2~
Headings
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# 1st Level Header
## 2nd Level Header
### 3rd Level Header
Lists
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* Bulleted list item 1
* Item 2
* Item 2a
* Item 2b
1. Numbered list item 1
1. Item 2. The numbers are incremented automatically in the output.
Links and images
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<http://example.com>
[linked phrase](http://example.com)
Tables
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First Header | Second Header
------------- | -------------
Content Cell | Content Cell
Content Cell | Content Cell
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