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Using markdown to format your survey text

Updated over 4 months ago

You can incorporate markdown into your survey question text to provide formatting, such as headers and bold and italicized content.

Headers

You can insert headers as follows:

# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
#### Header 4
##### Header 5
###### Header 6

These displays list this:

Lists


### Unordered List
- Item 1
- Subitem 1.1
- Subitem 1.2
- Item 2
- Item 3


### Ordered List
1. First item
2. Second item
1. Subitem 2.1
2. Subitem 2.2
3. Third item

These display like this:

Emphasis

- *Italic text*  
- _Italic text_
- **Bold text**
- __Bold text__
- ***Bold and italic text***
- ___Bold and italic text___
- ~~Strikethrough~~

These display like this:

Images

![Markdown Logo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Markdown-mark.svg)

Links

[Markdown Guide](https://www.markdownguide.org)

Code

### Inline Code
Use `code()` to include inline code.

### Code Block
```python
def hello_world():
print("Hello, World!")
```

Tables

| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Row 1 | Data | Value |
| Row 2 | Example | Test |

Horizontal Rule

---

Task Lists

- [x] Completed Task
- [ ] Incomplete Task

Escaping special characters

Use a backslash to escape characters:  
\*This text is not italicized\*

Footnotes

This is an example of a footnote.[^1]

[^1]: Footnote explanation.

Unsupported features

We do not support:

  • Block quotes

  • Emojis

  • Embedded HTML

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