Understanding Headings

Headings are crucial for organizing your content and establishing a clear hierarchy. In Markdown, you can create headings using the hash symbol (`#`). The number of hash symbols corresponds to the heading level, from H1 (largest and most important) to H6 (smallest).

It's good practice to use only one H1 per document for the main title, and then structure sub-sections with H2, H3, and so on.

Syntax and Examples:

# Heading Level 1 (H1)
## Heading Level 2 (H2)
### Heading Level 3 (H3)
#### Heading Level 4 (H4)
##### Heading Level 5 (H5)
###### Heading Level 6 (H6)

When converted to HTML, these will become:

Creating Paragraphs

Paragraphs in Markdown are simply one or more consecutive lines of text separated by one or more blank lines. You don't need any special syntax to create a paragraph.

If you want to create a soft line break (which doesn't start a new paragraph but just moves text to the next line within the same paragraph), you can end a line with two or more spaces and then press Enter. However, many Markdown renderers will also treat a single newline character as a soft break within a paragraph, especially within lists or blockquotes. For true paragraph separation, always use a blank line.

Syntax and Examples:

Consider this Markdown text:

This is the first paragraph. It can span multiple lines
as long as there are no blank lines in between.

This is the second paragraph, clearly separated by a blank line.

You can add a soft line break by ending a line with two spaces.  
See? This is on a new line but part of the same paragraph.

When converted to HTML, it produces:

What's Next?

Congratulations! You've learned the basics of creating structure in Markdown with headings and paragraphs. These are fundamental skills you'll use constantly.

In Part 2 of our tutorial, we'll explore how to add emphasis to your text (bold, italics) and create lists.

Stay tuned, and in the meantime, explore more articles on our tutorial pages or practice these concepts in the MarkdownBuddy editor.