| Learn about using markdown shortcuts when formatting text in UserTesting tasks. |
This article applies to: UserTesting
On this page:
- About markdowns and formatting shortcuts
- Headers
- Emphasis
- Add a link
- Numbered lists
- Unnumbered lists
- Symbols
- Linebreak
About markdowns and formatting shortcuts
- Formatting is available on website or prototype test tasks only.
- These shortcuts are not valid when creating screener questions.
- Markdowns and formatting work for desktop and mobile tests.
- Markdown may not work for all browsers.
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Pro Tips:
- Always preview and pilot your test before fully launching it to contributors.
- Some special characters interfere with how our recorder handles text files. We suggest avoiding these characters:
- <
- >
- [
- ]
- {
- }
Headers
- Add headers to tasks and questions to help break up longer portions of text.
- When using header markdowns in mobile studies the text can become very small.
| Code | Example |
| # | H1 |
| ## | H2 |
| ### | H3 |
| #### | H4 |
| ##### | H5 |
| ###### | H6 |
Emphasis
| Code | Example | |
| Bold | **bold text example** | bold text example |
| Italics | *italicized text* | italicized text |
| Italics alternate | _italicized text_ | |
| Bold and Italics | ***bold and italicized text*** | bold and italicized text |
Add a link
| Code | Example |
| [Insert Text Here] (insert http://www link here) | [UserTesting](www.UserTesting.com) UserTesting |
Numbered lists
| Code | Example |
| <ol><li>Bird</li><li>Cat</li></ol> |
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If the above code does not work, use this alternative: 1)Bird 2)Cat |
Unnumbered lists
| Code | Example |
| <ul><li>Bird</li><li>Cat</li></ul> |
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If the above code does not work, use this alternative: -Bird -Cat |
Symbols
| Code | Example | |
| Copyright | © | © |
| Registered | ® | ® |
| Trademark | ™ | ™ |
Linebreak
| Code | Example |
| <br> | The line break is below this text. The line break is above this text. |
Alternatively, press Shift+Enter or Shift+Return on your keyboard to insert a line break.
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