The Dead Simple Markdown Guide to Paragraphs

Paragraphs

To create paragraphs, use a blank line to separate one or more lines of text.

| Markdown | HTML | Rendered Output |
|—-|—-|—-|
| I really like using Markdown. n n I think I’ll use it to format all of my documents from now on. | <p>I really like using Markdown.</p> n n <p>I think I’ll use it to format all of my documents from now on.</p> | I really like using Markdown.I think I’ll use it to format all of my documents from now on. |

Paragraph Best Practices

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Note: If you need to indent paragraphs in the output, see the section on how to indent (tab).

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| ✅  Do this | ❌  Don’t do this |
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| Don’t put tabs or spaces in front of your paragraphs. n n Keep lines left-aligned like this. | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This can result in unexpected formatting problems. n n &nbsp;&nbsp;Don’t add tabs or spaces in front of paragraphs. |

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This guide is a Matt Cone project available on Markdown Guide under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

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