Formatting text with Markdown

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Markdown is a simple markup language you can use to easily add formatting, links, and images to plain text. You can use it in the following places:

• Goal Comments 
• Diary Notes 
• Establishment Description
• Diary Note Descriptions and Follow Ups
• PIP (Performance Improvement) Descriptions, Actions to be Taken, and Follow Ups
• Goal Descriptions and Measurement Names
• Note Descriptions
• Skill Descriptions
• Goal Comments
• Qualification Comments
• Onboarding Form Templates

Markdown commands are automatically supported. You can enter Markdown comments to format your content. See Table 1 below for supported Markdown commands

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Topics covered in this article:

• Adding Markdown to text
  • Bold
  • Italics
  • Bulleted lists
  • Numbered lists
  • Nested lists
  • Headings
  • Block quotes
  • Code blocks
  • Images
  • Links
  • Images that are also links
  • Horizontal line rule
  • Line break 

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Using Markdown 

You can use Markdown commands in Goal Comments section at the bottom of the Goals page and in Diary Notes under the Manager's Log in the Description section at the bottom of the page. 

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Adding Markdown to Text

The following table shows examples of how you can use Markdown to add common formatting. You don't need to preview your formatting. Your content is formatted automatically as you enter Markdown commands.

Note: Note: These examples demonstrate one way you can add certain formatting. There might also be additional ways you can achieve the same formatting. There are also many more formatting options you can add with Markdown. 

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Table 1. Examples of Markdown syntax

Formatting	Entered text	Published text	Comments
Bold	This is how you **bold** text.	This is how you bold text.	Supported
Italics	This is how you *italicize* text.	This is how you italicize text.	Supported
Bulleted lists	* Bullet one (don't forget a space after the asterisk) * Bullet two Note: You must type a line break before and after the list.	Bullet one (don't forget a space after the asterisk) Bullet two	Supported. You can also start with a hyphen (-) followed by a space to create a bulleted list.
Numbered lists	1. Step one 2. Step two Note: Do not use a hashtag (#) when creating numbered lists in Markdown, as the symbol is used for other formatting. Note: You must type a line break before and after the list.	Step one Step two	Supported
Nested lists	* This is the first level of this list. * To make a second level, add two spaces before the asterisk or number. Note: You can add things like images, quote blocks, or links to a nested list in addition to just text. Note: You must type a line break before and after the list.	This is the first level of this list. To make a second level, add two	Supported everywhere except Onboarding Form Templates. For the second level of indent, press Tab after the bulleted list or numbered list.
Headings	# Heading level one (with a space after the #) ## Heading level two ### Heading level three You can add up to six heading levels. Note: You can add a row of equal signs (=) under a line of text to create Heading level one, or a row of dashes (-) under a line of text to create a Heading level two.	Heading level one Heading level two Heading Level three	Supported everywhere except Onboarding Form Templates. Up to four heading levels.
Block quotes	> Block quotes have to start and end with a blank line > And each line of the quote starts with a right angle bracket and a space		Supported everywhere except Onboarding Form Templates.
Code blocks	``` This is a code block. ``` Note: Creating a blank line and then indenting the next line or lines with four spaces creates a code block too. Note: You must type a line break before and after the code block.		Supported everywhere except Onboarding Form Templates. To exit a code block placed at the end of a comment, press the Return key three times in a row.
Images			Supported everywhere except Onboarding Form Templates. Adding an image URL automatically turns it into an image link.
Links	[Link display text](http://www.sampleurl.com)	Link display text	Supported in Onboarding Form Templates only.
Images that are also links	[](linkurl)		Not supported
Horizontal rule line	--- Note: You must type a line break before and after the hyphens.		Supported everywhere except Onboarding Form Templates.
Line break	Line 1   Line 2   Note: You must type two line breaks before each  .	Line 1 Line 2	Supported everywhere except Onboarding Form Templates.