

So you can type something _in italics_ on the screen and it actually appears in italics. Where possible, it uses the formatting clues people type naturally.
#MARKDOWN FILE HOW TO#
If so, you already know how to make a table in Markdown! Many people use a little greater-than sign like this: Now imagine you're replying to an email and want to quote what someone said earlier in the thread. If you want to get their attention, you might use **asterisks**, right? If you've ever done that, then you were already using Markdown! Double asterisks make the text bold. Imagine you're texting someone and all you have to work with is letters, numbers, and a few punctuation marks. And what's at the top level of nearly every Github repo? You guessed it, a markdown file called README.md. For the bot builders among us, Bot Composer language generation and QnA Maker both support markdown as well. Adaptive Cards support Markdown as well, as do Power Automate approvals. For example, Microsoft Teams supports markdown formatting in chat messages and SharePoint has a Markdown web part. Markdown is a simple way to format text using ordinary punctuation marks, and it's very useful in Microsoft 365. This article will explain Markdown and help you get started reading and writing it.

Perhaps you've noticed a technology called Markdown that's been showing up in a lot of web sites and apps lately.
