Using Markdown in Messages - Teamwork Chat Support

Within Teamwork Chat, you can use markdown to format your messages.

You can preview any markdown used before sending your chat message using the preview function.

Markdown is a type of code that allows you to format text using characters directly within the text. For example, an asterisk either side of a word or phrase *like this* will be interpreted in markdown as italic text.

Italics

If you type a single asterisk before and after a piece of text, that text will display in italics once the message is sent.

*This text should appear here as italic*

Displays as:

If you type a single underscore before and after a piece of text, that text will display in italics once the message is sent.

_This text should also appear here as italic_

Displays as:

Bold

If you type two asterisks, or two underscores, before and after a piece of text, that text will display in bold once the message is sent.

**This text should appear here as bold**
__This text should also appear here as bold__

Displays as:

Combination of italics and bold

You can also combine markdown elements such as bold and italics, in the same piece of text:

_They **can** be combined also_

Displays as:

Strikethrough

You can create a strikethrough on a piece of text by adding two tilde dashes before and after the text:

~~This can be scratched~~

Displays as:

Unordered lists

Typing an asterisk with a space before text will insert a bullet point and indenting the asterisk with a space will create a sub-bullet:

* Item 1
* Item 2
 * Item 2a
 * Item 2b

Displays as:

Ordered lists

Typing a number with a period and space before text will insert a numbered point and indenting the asterisk with a space will create a sub bullet:

1. Item 1
2. Item 2
 * Item 2a
 * Item 2b

Displays as:

Code blocks

To format text to code style, place the text between two single grave accents (back ticks).

Example:

`This is a piece of code`

Displays as:

You can also add multi-line blocks of code:

~~~~ 

This is a 

piece of code 

in a block. 

~~~~

    
```css
    
#memo {
    
border: none;
    
font-color: blue;

}

```

Display as:

Links

Embedded links follow this format: [text](URL)

The text you want to display is put in square brackets, followed by the link URL in round brackets
E.g. [Teamwork Support](https://www.teamwork.com/support)

Displays as:

Headings

Markdown headings will be ignored. For example, if you put `#abc` at the start of a message, it will be shown as plaintext.

For more information, see: Embedding a hyperlink into a message

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