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title: Sundries
description: A collection of assorted markdown formatting. Note that there should be no space between the enclosing markers and the text. Here is a quote. The attribution...
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/pull/3805/syntax/sundries
products:
  - Elastic Docs Builder
---

# Sundries
A collection of assorted markdown formatting.

## Inline text formatting

Note that there should be no space between the enclosing markers and the text.

| Syntax                | Result            |
|-----------------------|-------------------|
| **strong**            | **strong**        |
| _emphasis_            | _emphasis_        |
| `literal text`        | `literal text`    |
| ~~strikethrough~~     | ~~strikethrough~~ |
| `\*escaped symbols\*` | *escaped symbols* |


## Subscript & Superscript

<tab-set>
  <tab-item title="Output">
    H~2~O
  </tab-item>

  <tab-item title="Markdown">
    ```markdown
    H~2~O 
    ```
  </tab-item>
</tab-set>

<tab-set>
  <tab-item title="Output">
    4^th^ of July
  </tab-item>

  <tab-item title="Markdown">
    ```markdown
    4^th^ of July
    ```
  </tab-item>
</tab-set>


## Quotation

Here is a quote. The attribution is added using the block attribute `attribution`.
{attribution="Hamlet act 4, Scene 5"}> We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

## Thematic break

Same as using `<hr>` HTML tag:
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