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Markdown widget includes formatting toolbar for text with markdown syntax. Other properties include making the frame disappear or starting a new page.
Writing Markdown in the Editor
To facilitate markdown formatting of text, the widget provides a toolbar that you can use to apply the appropriate markdown syntax to highlighted text in the editor.
To format a section of text with markdown, select the text and then choose the relevant icon in the markdown toolbar to add the markdown code.
The markdown widget toolbar
The markdown toolbar contains the following options (Left-Right):
Header
Bold
Italics
Strikethrough
Quotation
Code block
Bulleted list
Numbered list
Grid
Image
Link
For information on the syntax produced and examples, visit the "Open Markdown Styleguide" link from the widget's property sheet or go to the link provided.
https://guides.github.com/features/mastering-markdown/.
Additional Properties in the Markdown Editor
In addition to adding markdown text, controlling the widget size, and adding an optional level, the markdown widget supports the following properties:
Add a pagebreak above this widget - This property enforces a page break before the widget when exporting to PDF, enabling you to control new page sections for PDF exports. Note that this option is most effective when the widget is large in size, so it fits the full page width.