Markdown

Markdown is the lightweight, easy to learn, human-readable markup language that powers refile. Think of markdown as a way to write text while specifying its formatting. This is just a rough guide, for more information on markdown, please visit markdowntutorial.com.

Headings

To create headings, add pound symbols (#) at the beginning of a line, followed by a space. The number of pound symbols corresponds to the heading level:

# Heading level 1

## Heading level 2

### Heading level 3

#### Heading level 4

##### Heading level 5

###### Heading level 6

Best Practices for Headings:

Always include a space between the # symbols and your heading text
Leave a blank line before and after headings for better readability

Text Formatting

Bold Text

To make text bold, add two asterisks or two underscores before and after the text:

**This text is bold**
**This text is also bold**

You can also make part of a word bold using asterisks: This is a **bold** word

Italic Text

To make text italic, add one asterisk or one underscore before and after the text:

_This text is italic_
_This text is also italic_

Like with bold text, you can italicize part of a word: This is an *italicized* word

Tables

Tables are created using pipes (|) and dashes (-):

| Header 1 | Header 2 |
| -------- | -------- |
| Cell 1   | Cell 2   |
| Cell 3   | Cell 4   |

This renders as:

Header 1	Header 2
Cell 1	Cell 2
Cell 3	Cell 4

Text Alignment in Tables

You can align text in columns by adding colons (:) to the header row:

| Left-aligned | Center-aligned | Right-aligned |
| :----------- | :------------: | ------------: |
| Content      |    Content     |       Content |

:-- Left alignment
:-: Center alignment
--: Right alignment

Lists in Markdown

Markdown supports several types of lists to organize your content effectively:

Unordered Lists

Create unordered (bulleted) lists using hyphens, asterisks, or plus signs followed by a space:

- Item one
- Item two
- Item three

* Item one
* Item two
* Item three

- Item one
- Item two
- Item three

All three methods produce the same bulleted list output, though some editors may only support hyphens (-).

Ordered Lists

Create numbered lists by starting each line with a number followed by a period and a space:

First item
Second item
Third item

To start numbering from a specific value, use that number for the first item:

Twenty-three
Twenty-four
Twenty-five

Nested Lists

Create hierarchical lists by indenting with spaces (typically 2 or 4 spaces):

- First level item
  - Second level item
  - Another second level item
- Another first level item
  1. Numbered sublist
  2. Another numbered item

Task Lists

We support task lists with checkboxes:

- [ ] Unchecked task
- [x] Completed task

Example Document

Here’s a complete example that demonstrates the markdown features we’ve covered:

# My Project Documentation

## Introduction

This document provides an **overview** of the _amazing_ features in our project. It serves as a **_quick reference_** for team members.

## Features

### Core Functionality

- [x] User authentication
- [x] Data storage
- [ ] Export capabilities
- [ ] Advanced analytics

### Technical Specifications

| Feature | Status  | Priority |
| :------ | :-----: | -------: |
| Login   |  Done   |     High |
| Search  |  Done   |   Medium |
| Reports | Pending |      Low |

## Implementation Notes

1. Install dependencies
   1. Core libraries
   2. Development tools
2. Configure settings
3. Run initialization script

### Code Example

Our system uses the following approach:

1. Define data models
2. Create API endpoints
3. Implement frontend components

## Next Steps

We need to focus on completing the remaining tasks while maintaining our **high quality standards**.

For more information, visit our [documentation portal](https://example.com/docs).

This example demonstrates headings of different levels, text formatting, task lists, tables with alignment, ordered and nested lists, and links - all of which were covered in the previous sections. You can copy this example and modify it to create your own structured documents in refile.

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Headings

Text Formatting

Bold Text

Italic Text

Tables

Text Alignment in Tables

Lists in Markdown

Unordered Lists

Ordered Lists

Nested Lists

Task Lists

Example Document

​Headings

​Text Formatting

​Bold Text

​Italic Text

​Tables

​Text Alignment in Tables

​Lists in Markdown

​Unordered Lists

​Ordered Lists

​Nested Lists

​Task Lists

​Example Document

Headings

Text Formatting

Bold Text

Italic Text

Tables

Text Alignment in Tables

Lists in Markdown

Unordered Lists

Ordered Lists

Nested Lists

Task Lists

Example Document