# Samples ## Text It's very easy to make some words **bold** and other words *italic* with Markdown. You can even [link to Google!](http://google.com). ## Lists Sometimes you want numbered lists: 1. One 2. Two 3. Three Sometimes you want bullet points: * Start a line with a star * Profit! Alternatively, - Dashes work just as well - And if you have sub points, put two spaces before the dash or star: - Like this - And this ## Images If you want to embed images, this is how you do it: ![](http://octodex.github.com/images/yaktocat.png) ## Structured documents Sometimes it's useful to have different levels of headings to structure your documents. Start lines with a `#` to create headings. Multiple `##` in a row denote smaller heading sizes. ### This is a third-tier heading You can use one `#` all the way up to `######` six for different heading sizes. If you'd like to quote someone, use the > character before the line: > Coffee. The finest organic suspension ever devised... I beat the Borg with it. > - Captain Janeway ## Code There are many different ways to style code with GitHub's markdown. If you have inline code blocks, wrap them in backticks: `var example = true`. If you've got a longer block of code, you can indent with four spaces: if (isAwesome){ return true } GitHub also supports something called code fencing, which allows for multiple lines without indentation: ``` if (isAwesome){ return true } ```