Responding to an Item

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The video mentions markdown codes that are used to control the formatting. Some common markdown codes are listed below:

Description Example: Creates:
Text surrounded by double underscores will be made underlined __Underline__ Underline
Text surrounded by asterisks will be made italic *italics* italics
Text surrounded by double asterisks will be bold **bold** bold
Text surrounded by double tidles will be struck through. ~~strikethrough~~ strikethrough
Text surrounded by double carets will be superscripted. ^^superscript^^ Normal Text superscript Normal Text
Text surrounded by double commas will be subscripted. ,,subscript,, Normal Text subscript Normal Text
To create a hyperlink, surround the text you want to be the link with brackets followed by the URL in parenthesis. [linked text](http://example.com) linked text
You cal also just type some Urls and they will be recopgnized as links http://www.example.com www.example.com
To create a hyperlink to anothe OBCAP item, surround the OB number with brackets. [OB00012] OB00012
When linking to an OBCAP item, a vertical bar lets you specify the link text.
If you include the vertical bar with no text after it, OBCAP will fill in the title for you.
[OB00012|Hello World] Hello World
Images uploaded to OBCAP have a special syntax. See detailed instructions See linked page for examples.
A line of text starting with a pound symbol will become a heading. There are six levels of heading which you can reach by adding more pound signs. #heading 1

heading 1

##heading 2

heading 2

You can also create a header by following it with two or more equal signs or hyphens. heading 1
===========

heading 1

heading 2
-----------

heading 2

A series of lines beginning with hyphens will create an unordered list. - item 1
- item 2
- item 3
  • item 1
  • item 2
  • item 3
A series of lines beginning with numbers followed by a period will create an ordered list. 1. item 1
2. item 2
3. item 3
  1. item 1
  2. item 2
  3. item 3
A line started with a greater-then symbol will identify that text as being quoted from someone else. > quoted text
quoted text
A line started with a minus greater-then symbol will be right aligned. -> quoted text
quoted text
A line enclosed with a -> and <- symbols will be centered. -> quoted text<-
quoted text
Lines starting with four spaces are treated as preformatted text and will display without wrapping.     if 1 * 2 < 3:
        print "hello, world!"
if 1 * 2 < 3:
print "hello, world!"
Tables are made with vertical bars. The second row is critical. Col A|Col B|Col C|Col D
---|:---|:---:|---:
a|b|c|d|
e|f|g|h
Col ACol BCol CCol D
abcd
efgh

You can use the editor below to experiment with markdown.

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Insert a cross-reference or use markkdown for text formatting.