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Markdown: A short guide
Markdown: A short guide

Tips on writing emails with formatting and images

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Written by Davy van de Vusse
Updated over 2 months ago

Markdown is a basic way to add rich formatting to text such as emails. While it can appear a little complex at first, it's similar in usage to other common editing tools. Simply select the text and click the relevant button to apply styling.

Bold and Italics

  • Bold: Use ** around text.

Example: **This is bold**

  • Italics: Use _ around text.

Example: _This is italic_

Lists

  • Unordered lists: Use * before each item.

Example:

* Item 1
* Item 2
  • Ordered lists: Just use numbers.

Example:

1. First item
2. Second item

Links and Images

  • Links: [Text](URL)

Example: [Google](https://www.google.com)

  • Images: ![Alt text](Image URL)

Example: ![Logo](https://example.com/logo.png)

Hosting Images

To display an image in Markdown, you need to provide a link to where the image is stored online. Markdown doesn’t upload the image; it only links to it.

Ways to host images:

  1. Ooooby: If you want to insert an image of a product you already have on Ooooby, you can right click the image and choose "Copy Image Address".

  2. Image Hosting Services: You can upload your images to free services like Postimages and use the provided link.

    • Example: After uploading, copy the "Direct link" URL like https://i.postimg.cc/jd5S38dW/logo-gs.png and use it in your Markdown.

  3. Personal Website or Cloud Storage: If you have a website or use cloud storage (e.g., Dropbox or Google Drive), you can host images there. However finding the correct URL can be challenging when using cloud storage.

With your images hosted online, you can easily insert them using the ![Alt text](Image URL) format. Make sure to use the Preview button to check they're the expected size.

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