Markup Help

Text Markup

Use the following markup anywhere in text.

Description	What you type	What you see
Bold text	`bold`	bold
Italic text	`_italic_`	italic
Monospaced text	`\|monospace\|`	`monospaced`
Web link	`<http://mathworks.com/ MathWorks>`	MathWorks

Paragraph Markup

Use the following markup text for entire paragraphs. Use one completely blank line (two newlines) to separate paragraphs.

Description	What you type	What you see
Pre-formatted text (requires one leading space)	`pre-formatted`	pre-formatted
MATLAB code (requires two leading spaces)	`MATLAB code`	MATLAB code
Image	`<<http://mathworks.com/matlabcentral/images/surf.gif>>`
Bulleted list	`* Item one * Item two`	Item one Item two
Numbered list	`# Item one # Item two`	Item one Item two

HTML Entities

With HTML entities, you can insert markup characters without applying markup formatting. HTML entities ensure that the markup characters appear as literals in your final text.

Description	What you type	What you see
Spaces at the start of a line	`  Not formatted`	Not formatted
Angle brackets before and after a word	`<http://mathworks.com>`	<http://mathworks.com>
Asterisks at the start of a line or before and after a word	`* Item one not formatted`	* Item one not formatted
Number sign at the start of a line	`# Item one`	# Item one
Vertical lines before and after a word	`\|not formatted\|`	\|not formatted\|
Underscores before and after a word	`_not formatted_`	_not formatted_