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Markdown cheat sheet — every syntax we render

The Markdown features that convert cleanly to PDF / DOCX in this tool. GitHub-flavored, with a few notes on the parts most cheat sheets miss.

Elia Kuratli
By Elia Kuratli
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Headings

# H1 — section
## H2 — subsection
### H3 — sub-subsection

Toggle "Numbered headings" in the sidebar to get 1. / 1.1 / 1.1.1auto-numbering. Toggle "Table of contents" to render a ToC page.

Inline emphasis

**bold**, *italic*, ~~strikethrough~~, `inline code`, [link](https://example.com)

Mini-label paragraphs

A paragraph that is exactly one bold run renders as a tight, standalone label — useful for headings inside a section that shouldn't be a real H3.

**Goal**
The body paragraph that follows the label.

**Why**
Another body paragraph.

Lists

- Bulleted item
- Another item
  - Nested item

1. Ordered
2. Ordered

- [x] Done task
- [ ] Open task

Tables

GitHub-flavored. Numeric columns auto-right-align. The last row can be styled as a Total row from the sidebar (Bold last row).

| Item | Effort | Total |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A | 8h | 1,440 |
| B | 16h | 2,880 |
| Total |  | 4,320 |

Blockquotes

> A pull-quote that earns its keep.
> Use a blockquote for them.

Code blocks

```ts
function hello() {
  return "world";
}
```

Images

Drag and drop an image into the editor — it embeds as a data URL and renders inline. Or use the standard syntax with a remote URL.

![alt text](https://example.com/image.png)

Links

Inline links are underlined in the body. The accent color depends on the theme — Minimal and Classic use a neutral underline, Editorial and Modern use the theme accent.

Horizontal rules

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What we don't render (yet)

  • Footnotes.
  • Definition lists.
  • Math (LaTeX inside $$).
  • Mermaid diagrams.
  • HTML blocks beyond plain-text fallback.

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