HelpSpot uses the text formatting language Markdown to support building HTML documents from text.
Markdown also accepts HTML, so you can intermingle HTML tags with the Markdown syntax.
*italic* **bold** _italic_ __bold__
Inline:
An [example](http://url.com/ "Title")
Reference-style labels (titles are optional):
An [example][id]. Then, anywhere else in the doc, define the link: [id]: http://example.com/ "Title"
Inline (titles are optional):

Reference-style:
![alt text][id] [id]: /url/to/img.jpg "Title"
Setext-style:
Header 1 ======== Header 2 --------
atx-style (closing #'s are optional):
# Header 1 # ## Header 2 ## ###### Header 6
Ordered, without paragraphs:
1. Foo 2. Bar
Unordered, with paragraphs:
* A list item. With multiple paragraphs. * Bar
You can nest them:
* Bus * Yellow * Cars 1. Dodge 2. Honda * Civic 3. Trucks * Cunning
End a line with two or more spaces:
Roses are red, Violets are blue.
A simple table
First Header | Second Header ------------- | ------------- Content Cell | Content Cell Content Cell | Content Cell
A table with the right columned aligned (note the : at the end of the header line)
| Item | Value | | --------- | -----:| | Computer | $1600 | | Phone | $12 | | Pipe | $1 |
Formatting can be used within the table
First Header | Second Header ------------- | ------------- Content Cell | **Content Cell** *Content Cell* | Content Cell
> Email-style angle brackets > are used for blockquotes. > > And, they can be nested. > #### Headers in blockquotes > > * You can quote a list. > * Etc.
`<code>` spans are delimited by backticks. You can include literal backticks like `` `this` ``.
Indent every line of a code block by at least 4 spaces or 1 tab.
This is a normal paragraph. This is a preformatted code block.
Three or more dashes or asterisks:
--- * * * - - - -