Markdown

If you’re new to markdown syntax, see the below selection of examples adapted from the Markdown basics Quarto documentation. Reference this primer when working through the tutorials and editing the report content.

Text formatting

Markdown syntax	Output
*italics*, **bold**, ***bold italics***	italics, bold, bold italics
superscript^2^ / subscript~2~	superscript2 / subscript2
~~strikethrough~~	strikethrough
`verbatim code`	verbatim code

Headings

Markdown syntax	Output
# Header 1	Header 1
	Number of # corresponds to header level.
###### Header 6	Header 6

Links & images

Markdown syntax	Output
<https://quarto.org>	https://quarto.org
[Quarto](https://quarto.org)	Quarto
{width=100 fig-alt="soils logo"}	Caption

Learn more in the article on Figures.

Lists

Markdown syntax	Output
* unordered list + sub-item 1 + sub-item 2 - sub-sub-item 1	unordered list sub-item 1 sub-item 2 sub-sub-item 1
* item 2 Continued (indent 4 spaces)	item 2 Continued (indent 4 spaces)
1. ordered list 2. item 2 i) sub-item 1 A. sub-sub-item 1	ordered list item 2 sub-item 1 sub-sub-item 1
(@) A list whose numbering continues after (@) an interruption	A list whose numbering continues after an interruption

Note that unlike other Markdown renderers (notably Jupyter and GitHub), lists in Quarto require an entire blank line above the list. Otherwise the list will not be rendered in list form, rather it will all appear as normal text along a single line.

Tables

Markdown syntax

| Right | Left | Default | Center |
|------:|:-----|---------|:------:|
|   12  |  12  |    12   |    12  |
|  123  |  123 |   123   |   123  |
|    1  |    1 |     1   |     1  |

Output

Right	Left	Default	Center
12	12	12	12
123	123	123	123
1	1	1	1

Learn more in the article on Tables.

Blocks

Markdown syntax	Output
> Blockquote	Blockquote
| Line Block | Spaces and newlines | are preserved	Line Block    Spaces and newlines    are preserved

Special characters

Markdown syntax	Output
\	hard line break
endash: --	endash: –
emdash: ---	emdash: —