This is a simple of collection of all known formatting tricks used for reddit.com. Please feel to suggest any others you may know.

Bold

Two asterisks **are placed on either side**.

Two asterisks are placed on either side.

Italic

One asteric *is placed on either side*.

One asteric is placed on either side.

Code

Four or more leading spaces will display as code, and will scroll rather than wrap.	Four or more leading spaces will display as code, and will scroll rather than wrap.
The backtick key `can also be used` inline.	The backtick key can also be used inline.

Quote

>Placing an angle bracket before text will make it display as a quote.	Placing an angle bracket before text to display as a quote.
>Multiple angle brackets >>will result in nested quotes.	Multiple angle brackets will result in nested quotes

Lists

- Placing a dash, space, then text will produce a bullet.	Placing a dash, space, then text will produce a bullet.
1. Placing a number, period, space, then text will produce a numbered list.	Placing a dash, space, then text will produce a bullet.
1\. Using a back slash will cancel the number list function.	1. Using a back slash will cancel the number list function.

Tables


| Column 1   | Column 2    | Column 3     |
|:-----------|------------:|:------------:|
| You        |          You|     You     
| can align  |    can align|  can align   
| left       |        right|   center

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
You	You	You
can align	can align	can align
left	right	center

Exponentials/Superscript

Using the caret sign ^will create exponentials	Using the carot sign ^{will create exponentials}
You can use a series of these too - Y^a^a^a^a^a^a^a	You can use a series of these too - Y^{a^{a^{a^{a^{a^{a^a}}}}}}

Headers

#This is an example H1 Header	This is an example H1 Header
##This is an example H2 Header	This is an example H2 Header
###This is an example H3 Header	This is an example H3 Header

Strike Through

~~Two tildes on either end creates strike through~~

~~Two tildes on either end creates strike through~~

Special Characters

€

‰

™

†

‡

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