Markdown syntax for guide text styling

Pendo’s Visual Design Studio supports HTML, CSS and JavaScript in a Code Block. This allows users to add additional technical customization. To style text within your Guide content, some Markdown syntax is supported. Use the WYSIWYG controls and you will see Markdown syntax automatically applied to your Guide content and the style rendered within your preview.

This article covers the available Markdown syntax supported within the text block of Pendo Guides.

Available syntax

Bold

**Bold**

Italics

Italics syntax supports 2 ways:

*Italics*

OR

_Italics_

Underline

++Underline++

Strikethrough

~~Strikethrough~~

Links

[title](https://www.example.com)

Ordered lists

1. First item
2. Second item
3. Third item

Unordered lists

- First item
- Second item
- Third item

* First item
* Second item
* Third item

OR

+ First item
+ Second item
+ Third item

Individual Colored Text

{color: #000000}colored text{/color}

Escape Markdown

At times, you might use special characters in your display text where you don’t intend to use Markdown syntax. To escape Markdown in this scenario, add the \character before the character that is being picked up as Markdown.

Example - If you’re trying to create an email link: [first_lastname.example.com](mailto:first_lastname.example.com)

The _ in the display text might be picked up as Markdown but you can escape this by adding a \ in front of the _ so your link will look like this: [first\_lastname.example.com](mailto:first_lastname.example.com)