When you need to give or request a lot of information to your customers or simply automate the creation of a contract, it is essential that your text and instructions are as clear as possible.

To do this, we usually use bold or italic type, bullet points, numbering or tables in our texts.

Now, in Parallel you can also format your templates thanks to markdown and give them your own style.

What is markdown?

Markdown is a language that makes it easy to apply formatting to text by using a series of characters in a special way.

It is very simple to use. Basically, it is a matter of adding certain characters at the beginning of the line or before and after the text to which we are going to apply the formatting.

Therefore, by including certain symbols or characters (which we will see below) in your text, you can format the text of your templates as you like (bold, italics, headings with different font sizes, bullets, tables, etc.).

What formats can I give to the text of my templates by using markdown?

The markdown language has several different options for some of its formats.

Let's see which ones you can use in Parallel:

Format	Character	Where to put it	Example
Titles	#	Only at the beginning of text	# Title 1 ## Title 2 ### Title 3 #### Title 4 Result:
Bold	**	At the beginning and end of the text	bold Result: bold
Italics	*	At the beginning and end of the text	italics Result: italics
Bold and italics	***	At the beginning and end of the text	*bold and italics* Result: *bold and italics*
List of items	- or +	Only at the beginning of the line	- Item 1 + Item 2 Result: Item 1 Item 2
Numbered list of items	Numbers of your listing with "." and space (1. , 2. , 3. , 4. , etc.)	Only at the beginning of the line	1. Item 1 2. Item 2 Result: Item 1 Item 2
Cross out	~~	At the beginning and end of the text	Markdown: ~~cross out~~ Result:
Section separating line	___	Where you want to divide two sections	Markdown: ___ Result:

In addition, also with markdown, you can include links, tables, and images in the descriptions. Learn how in the following article.

How to enable the eSignature

How to add links, images and tables in my templates

How to create my contract template