Several text areas in Common Paper Cover Pages support markdown, which gives you an easy way to add formatting to plain text. Use markdown to create bulleted lists, subheadings, hyperlinks, and more. Here's a quick list of what you can do:
Markdown basics
Type this... | ...to get this |
*Italic* | Italic |
**Bold** | Bold |
~~Strikethrough~~ |  |
[A link](https://commonpaper.com) | |
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2. Item 2 3. Item 3 |
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# Heading 1 | Heading 1 |
## Heading 2 | Heading 2 |
Putting it together
Say you were filling out a Common Paper CSA, and you wanted to describe a list of items included under Technical Support. You might write:
**24/7 virtual support**
All licensed users have access to chat and email support at any time of day, with an initial response time under 15 minutes.
**Additional resources**
Licensed users also have access to:
- Email updates on new feature releases
- Invitations to monthly Customer Success webinars
- Access to training videos in the [Resource Center](https://yourproduct/resourcecenter)
On the Cover Sheet, you and your counterparty will see:
24/7 virtual support
All licensed users have access to chat and email support at any time of day, with an initial response time under 15 minutes.
Additional resources
Licensed users also have access to:
Email updates on new feature releases
Invitations to monthly Customer Success webinars
Access to training videos in the Resource Center
Advanced tips and troubleshooting
Markdown can handle fairly complex formatting issues. For example, if you wanted to include a list where each item is very long, and you wanted line breaks between each item, you might do something like this:
1\. Each of these items is expected to be several lines long. Without line breaks between them, they may be harder to read.
2\. Each of these items is expected to be several lines long. Without line breaks between them, they may be harder to read.
3\. Each of these items is expected to be several lines long. Without line breaks between them, they may be harder to read.
Instead of an HTML ordered list with no spacing, the slashes indicate not to make an HTML list. Leaving a blank line between items will then create a separate paragraph for each item. Instead of this...
Each of these items is expected to be several lines long. Without line breaks between them, they may be harder to read.
Each of these items is expected to be several lines long. Without line breaks between them, they may be harder to read.
Each of these items is expected to be several lines long. Without line breaks between them, they may be harder to read.
You'll get:
1. Each of these items is expected to be several lines long. Without line breaks between them, they may be harder to read.
2. Each of these items is expected to be several lines long. Without line breaks between them, they may be harder to read.
3. Each of these items is expected to be several lines long. Without line breaks between them, they may be harder to read.
Markdown supports nested list items, blockquotes, and lots more. You may want to test your markdown using a preview tool.
If your lists aren't appearing as bullets, make sure to add a blank line before the bulleted list.
Keep in mind: this formatting will be translated to Word if you or your counterparty chooses to download your agreement as a Word document. Some particularly complex formatting may not translate exactly as expected.
Note that we do not currently support tables in Markdown. We have an experimental feature that enables Markdown tables, but it does not yet work with Microsoft Word and .docx files. If you and your counterparties don't need to export to .docx and want to use Markdown tables, you can reach out to our support team to have this experimental feature turned on for your account.