Abhishek Singh

Markdown

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# 🧠 Obsidian Markdown Cheat Sheet
 
Obsidian uses standard Markdown with powerful extras for knowledge management.
 
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## 📝 Headings
 
```markdown
# H1
## H2
### H3
#### H4

Use headers to structure your note into sections. They also create anchors for the outline.

✍️ Emphasis

*Italic* or _Italic_
 
**Bold** or __Bold__
 
***Bold Italic***
 
~~Strikethrough~~

🔗 Internal Links

[[Note Title]]
[[Note Title#heading|Heading]]
[[Note Title|Custom Text]]

  • Use [[ ]] to link between notes.

  • Autocomplete works as you type.

  • Use #Heading or ^blockID for deep linking.

🔄 Backlinks

Enable backlinks in the side panel to view incoming links to the note.

🧩 Embeds

![[Note Title]]
![[Note Title#heading|Heading]]
![[image.png]]
  • Embed notes, images, and other media.

✅ Task Lists

- [ ] Task to do
- [x] Completed task
  • Use with daily notes, planner plugins, etc.

📋 Lists

Unordered

- Bullet
  - Nested
* Bullet
+ Bullet

Ordered

1. First
2. Second
   1. Sub-item

💬 Blockquotes

> This is a quote.
>> Nested quote

💻 Code

Inline

Use `code` in-line.

Block

🔣 Highlight

==Highlighted text==

(Requires plugin or CSS snippet in some themes)

➖ Horizontal Rule

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📊 Tables

| Column A | Column B |
|----------|----------|
| A1       | B1       |
| A2       | B2       |

Plugins like Advanced Tables help with formatting.

🔍 Tags

#project #idea #todo

  • Tags show in the tag pane.

  • You can nest: #project/feature

🦶 Footnotes

Here's a fact.[^1]
 
[^1]: Footnote text.

📌 Callouts (Obsidian-specific)

> [!note] This is a note
> 
> You can put *Markdown* inside.

Available types: note, tip, info, warning, danger, quote, etc.

🧱 Block References

^block-id
  • Add ^id to any paragraph to reference it with [[Note#^block-id|^block-id]].

📅 Dates & Daily Notes

Use [[2025-04-05]] to link to a daily note (if using daily note plugin).

📎 Attachments

  • Drag files/images into Obsidian

  • Stored in the vault (default: /attachments/)

🎨 Themes & CSS

  • Use Settings → Appearance to change theme

  • Custom snippets enhance markdown (like highlights, custom callouts)

  • Advanced Tables

  • Dataview

  • Templater

  • Calendar

  • Periodic Notes

  • Tasks

📚 Resources

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