Markdown

Obsidian Markdown Cheat Sheet

Headings

# header 1
## header 2
### header 3
 
etc...

Styling text

Style	Example	Output
Bold	** ** or __ __	**Bold text**	Bold text
Italic	* * or _ _	*Italic text*	Italic text
Strikethrough	~~ ~~	~~Striked out text~~	Striked out text
Bold and nested italic	** ** and _ _	**Bold text and _nested italic_ text**	Bold text and nested italic text
Bold and italic	*** *** or ___ ___	***Bold and italic text***	Bold and italic text
Highlight	== ==	markdown ==Highlighted text==	Hightlighted text

Quotes

You can quote text by adding a > symbols before the text.

> Human beings face ever more complex and urgent problems, and their effectiveness in dealing with these problems is a matter that is critical to the stability and continued progress of society.
> 
> - Doug Engelbart, 1961

Human beings face ever more complex and urgent problems, and their effectiveness in dealing with these problems is a matter that is critical to the stability and continued progress of society.

• Doug Engelbart, 1961

Callouts

> [!info] Callout title
> 
> Content of callout

Callout title (summary, abstract, tldr)

Content of

Callout title (tip, hint, important)

Content of

Callout title (note)

Content of

Callout title (info)

Content of

Callout title (todo)

Content of

Callout title (question, help, faq)

Content of

Callout title (warning, caution, attention)

Content of

Callout title (fail, failture, missing)

Content of

Callout title (bug)

Content of

Callout title (example)

Content of

Callout title (quote, cite)

Content of

Foldable callouts

You can make a callout foldable by adding a plus (+) or a minus (-) directly after the type identifier.

A plus sign expands the callout by default, and a minus sign collapses it instead.

> [!faq]- Are callouts foldable?
> 
> Yes! In a foldable callout, the contents are hidden when the callout is collapsed.

Are callouts foldable?

Yes! In a foldable callout, the contents are hidden when the callout is collapsed.

Mermaid diagramms

graph TD;
    A-->B;
    A-->C;
    B-->D;
    C-->D;

graph TD;
    A-->B;
    A-->C;
    B-->D;
    C-->D;

Tables

Name	Position	Date	Score
John	CTO	2022-12-12	98

Formulas

$a=b^2$

	$$ a = b^2 $$

Inline: $a=b^2$

Inline: $a=b^2$

More tricks

Indenting text with a preceding blank lines is rendered as code block (which is why it changes color, which gets asked quite often).

==code block==

• To get a line break in a Markdown table, use <br>.

Embedded files and videos

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