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00:00:00 – 00:07:51
The video focuses on demonstrating text formatting techniques in Obsidian, a markdown editor. The presenter explains that markdown uses specific symbols such as asterisks, underscores, and hash signs for various formatting options, which allow users to apply bold, italics, headers, lists, task lists, strikethroughs, highlights, and quotes to their text. The new Obsidian version supports viewing rendered text seamlessly. The video covers applying these formats via keyboard shortcuts and markup codes, showing examples of how to create and manipulate lists, headers, and checkboxes for task lists. Additionally, it illustrates techniques for creating horizontal bars and callouts to enhance organization and readability of notes. The tutorial concludes by summarizing the essential formatting skills users need to effectively utilize Obsidian for their documentation and note-taking needs.
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In this segment of the video, the presenter reviews text formatting in Obsidian, emphasizing that it is a markdown editor. It is explained that markdown uses symbols like asterisks, underscores, and hash signs for formatting. The presenter demonstrates formatting options using a pre-filled note page. For bold text, two asterisks or underscores are placed before and after the text. For italics, one asterisk or underscore is used. They highlight that the new Obsidian version allows users to see the rendered text without toggling between reading and editing modes. Additionally, they show combining bold and italic formatting using three symbols (one for italic and two for bold).
00:03:00
In this part of the video, the focus is on demonstrating various formatting techniques. It covers how to apply bold and italics through keyboard shortcuts, specifically Ctrl B for bold and Ctrl I for italics. For headers, using different numbers of hatch symbols followed by a space can create different header levels. It explains creating unnumbered lists by using a dash and space, with automatic continuity for subsequent items, and similarly, tabbing for indenting. Numbered lists are created by starting with a number followed by a period, which auto-generates subsequent list items with each new entry. Task lists are initiated like unnumbered lists but include brackets to create checkboxes, which can be checked or unchecked to show completion, striking through completed items. Additionally, manually modifying the checkboxes within the markup code is discussed.
00:06:00
In this part of the video, the speaker provides instructions on using various text formatting techniques. They explain how to create strikethrough text using two tildes in front of the text and how to highlight with two equal signs. For creating section separations, they suggest inserting a horizontal bar using three dashes, stars, or underscores. Quotes can be inserted using a specific symbol, with an example given for attributing quotes without creating a bullet by negating the markup with a slash. Lastly, the speaker describes how to format callouts and concludes the tutorial on basic formatting.