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

 

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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.
• 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>	Bird Cat
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>	Bird Cat
If the above code does not work, use this alternative: -Bird -Cat

 

 

 

Symbols

	Code	Example
Copyright	©	©
Registered	®	®
Trademark	™	™

 

 

Linebreak

Code	Example
<br>	The linebreak is below this text. The linebreak is above this text.

Alternatively, press Shift+Enter or Shift+Return on your keyboard to insert a linebreak.

 

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