The simplest way to depict rich text is via Markdown format.

• Any further reductionism from Markdown text creates plaintext files.

Most markdown files are saved as “.md” extension, but the syntax is often enabled by default within many web-based text editors.

Heading 1: #

Heading 2: ##

Heading 3: ###

*italics*

**bold**

~~strikethrough~~

• block quote

[hyperlink](www.hyperlink.com) → an HTML hyperlink

 → an HTML img with title and alt text

* list item A * list item B * list item C becomes:

• list item A
• list item B
• list item C

(lists can also be numbered with 1. list item A 2. list item B etc.)

‘code block’ becomes:

code block

NOTE: code blocks are only useful for writing if you’re tech-savvy or when you want someone to copy-paste the content.

If you ever want to have the software ignore markdown on a given line, use the \ character.