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How to Format Text Areas in ExpandShare

Text written within ExpandShare's systems can be personalized using a system known as MarkDown. 

As of 1/22/21, MarkDown,  applies to the following locations: 
 - Newsfeed 
 - Trainer Checks
 - Course Builder Units:
    - Image
    - Text/HTML 
    - Library Item
    - Question Additional Content
    - Question Correct answer feedback
    - Question incorrect answer feedback
    - Free Text Question Additional Content
    - Question Missed Question Review Feedback
    - Confidence Label
    - Satisfaction Label
    - Video[not recommended]

MarkDown cannot apply to: Checklist "Optional Description"

The desired header text is chosen based on the number of hashtags preceding the desired text. The number of hashtags 
Example:
# h1 Heading
## h2 Heading
### h3 Heading
#### h4 Heading
##### h5 Heading
###### h6 Heading

Use the .md extension to create content for websites. 
To create bold text, use two asterisks on both sides of the text that needs to be bold:
**bold text**

To italicize text, use an underscore on both ends of the text that should be italicized.
_italicized text_

Bulleted list, can use any of these symbols:

* bullet using *
- bullet using -
+ bullet using +

Numbered List

1. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
2. Consectetur adipiscing elit
3. Integer molestie lorem at massa
4. Facilisis in pretium nisl aliquet
5. Nulla volutpat aliquam velit
6. Faucibus porta lacus fringilla vel
7. Aenean sit amet erat nunc
8. Eget porttitor lorem

Sometimes lists change, and when they do it's a pain to re-order all of the numbers. Markdown solves this problem by allowing you to simply use 1. before each item in the list, and it will automatically renumber them in order as you make changes:

1. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
1. Consectetur adipiscing elit
1. Integer molestie lorem at massa
1. Facilisis in pretium nisl aliquet
1. Nulla volutpat aliquam velit
1. Faucibus porta lacus fringilla vel
1. Aenean sit amet erat nunc
1. Eget porttitor lorem


If you put one or more empty lines between your body copy, it will be preserved as a paragraph break. However, a single return at the end of a line will not make a new paragragh.

You can make horizontal lines by putting in 3 dashes or asterisks in a row
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Email addresses and URLs (Web addresses) will automatically link, and you can also link a set of text to any URL, which is nice if the URL is long or messy:

john@getexpanded.com

https://app.expandshare.com/

[Linked Text](https://app.expandshare.com/)

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