Use Markdown to format text when messaging and format text when you chat in a meeting or breakout session.

The following table describes the available Markdown options.

Option

Text in Markdown

How it appears

Bold

This text is **bold**.

This text is bold.

Italic

This text is _italic_.

This text is italic.

Blockquote

> This text is blockquote.

Blockquote example

Numbered list

1. This is the first item.

2. This is the second item.

Ordered list Markdown example

Unordered list

* This is the first item.

* This is the second item.

Unordered list Markdown example

Heading 1

# This is heading 1

Heading 1 example

Heading 2

## This is heading 2

Heading 2 Markdown example

Heading 3

### This is heading 3

Heading 3 Markdown example

Horizontal line with text underneath

---

Insert some text under the line

Horizontal line Markdown example

Link

[This is a link to the Cisco website](www.cisco.com)

This is a link to the Cisco website

Code

``` language (optional)

CODE BLOCK

```

Example:

``` html

<h1>Hello World!</h1>

```

Make sure you type three back quotes or grave accents, not three single quotation marks.
Markdown code example

Unformatted text

`This text is unformatted.`

Unformatted text Markdown example