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Learning Markdown

1. Markdown is a formatting language used on elements in plaintext text documents.
2. A reason to use Markdown is because it’s lightweight, portable, and independent; it can be used to cater to different needs and create different types of documents.
3. Hashtag or pound sign (#) at the beginning of the line will create headings.
   1. one will create the largest heading.
   2. six will create the smallest.
4. Best practice to use the (*) asterisks symbol before and after the word or phrase. 2 for bold, 1 for italics; 3 for both.
5. to create a link, surround the text in [brackets], then surround the (link in parentheses)
6. Three symbols used to create unordered lists when placed in front of line items are:
   • dashes (-)
   • asterisks (*)
   • or plus signs (+)

… adding indentation to create nested lists.