You can just type text and it will be formatted.
Markdown also lets you use a bulleted list.
- one
- two
- three and four
- five
- six
And tables:
| Name | Favorite Animal |
|---|---|
| Carly | Echidna |
| Jaber | Tiger |
Subheadings are useful to help you structure your documents.
Links start with square brackets around the link text and ellipse brackets around the URL. here is a link
You can find more markdown documentation on the GitHub Markdown page.