# Markdown Cheat Sheet

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> **[Markdown Cheat Sheet | Markdown Guide](https://www.markdownguide.org/cheat-sheet/)**
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> A quick reference to the Markdown syntax.

If you want to learn more and fast reference, you can use this cheat sheet.

## What’s Markdown?

Markdown is a lightweight markup language that you can use to add formatting elements to plaintext text documents. Created by [John Gruber](https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/) in 2004, Markdown is now one of the world’s most popular markup languages.

Using Markdown is different than using a [WYSIWYG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYG) editor. In an application like Microsoft Word, you click buttons to format words and phrases, and the changes are visible immediately. Markdown isn’t like that. When you create a Markdown-formatted file, you add Markdown syntax to the text to indicate which words and phrases should look different.

For instance, to denote a heading, you add a number sign before it (e.g., `# Heading One` ). Or to make a phrase bold, you add two asterisks before and after it (e.g., ` **this text is bold** ` ). It may take a while to get used to seeing Markdown syntax in your text, especially if you’re accustomed to WYSIWYG applications. The screenshot below shows a Markdown file displayed in the [Atom text editor](https://atom.io/).