What is Markdown?
Markdown is a programming language that allows the user to apply formatting and style elements to text.
Why do we use Markdown?
Markdown files are non-proprietary so they can be shared across many platforms.
What symbol will create a heading in Markdown?
The good ol’ octothorpe: #
How many do you need to create the largest heading?
Just one.
How many do you need to create the smallest heading?
Six.
When making text bold or italicized for emphasis, it is best practice to use which symbol?
If desiring to empashize within a single word or group of words lacking spaces between such as in this example, asterisks are preferred as the underscore symbol may be rendered improperly by some applications.
How do you create a link with Markdown?
Use brackets [] to designate the name of your hyperlink followed immediately by parenthesis () to contain the url like so: [hyperlinked word or phrase](URL)
What are the three symbols you can use to create an unordered (bulleted) list with Markdown?
”-“, “*”, or “+”