Basic Text Formatting in Obsidian.md

Basic Text Formatting in Obsidian

Like Microsoft Word or Apple pages Obsidian allows you to perform some basic text editing like making text: Bold, Italic, Strike Through and highlighted.

How to make text Bold in Obsidian?

This is some bold text:

**This is some bold text**

How to make text italicized in Obsidian?

This is italicized text:

*This is italicized text*

How to make give text a strike-through in Obsidian?

~~This text has a strikethrough:~~

~~This text has a strike through~~

How to highlight text in Obsidian?

This is highlighted

==This is highlighted==

How to insert block quotes in Obsidian?

Block quotes are a good way of indicating that you’re quoting someone, or to call attention to specific text:

This is a blockquote

> This is a Block Quote

What is Obsidian.md?

Obsidian.md is a markdown text editor. It is different from other markdown editors because it has jumped on the linked thought band wagon. “Linked

Headings and Horizontal Rules

How to add a Heading in Obsidian? In Obsidian you can add up to 6 levels of headings. How to

How to add an underline in Obsidian?

Obsidian.md doesn’t come with an underline feature built in. However you can install the Obsidian Underline plugin from the community plugins dialogue

Lists and Checklists

In Obsidian you can create ordered lists, unordered lists and checklists: How to add ordered list to Obsidian? How to

How to add code blocks to Obsidian.md

Code blocks (Sometimes called Code Fences) are useful for two reasons: one, the code is not compiled in your editor.

How to add tables in Obsidian.md

ables are a bit tricky to work with in markdown so I’d recommend downloading the plugin “Advanced Tables” which makes

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Basic Text Formatting in Obsidian.md