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This article teaches you how to use Markdown syntax to add rich formatting to your approval requests.

Important

• Approval request emails are actionable messages. If your Microsoft Outlook client doesn't support actionable messages, it displays approval requests in HTML format.
• All Markdown renderers have implementation differences. Review the Client Support section for details.
• Markdown is not currently supported for the Approvals app on Microsoft Teams.
• Markdown is not currently supported for GCC and GCC High customers.

With Markdown, you get a live preview of your formatted text inside your Microsoft Teams compose box as you type. On iOS, Markdown formatting for connector cards looks like this: Issues: The iOS client for Teams does not render Markdown or HTML inline images in Connector Cards. Blockquotes are rendered as indented but without a gray background. On Android, Markdown formatting for connector cards looks like this: Formatting example for Markdown Connector Cards.

Client Support

Markdown support among clients is inconsistent. The Power Automate team works to address these inconsistencies, however, inconsistencies remain. The following table lays out the known limitations among the supported clients.

Feature	Power Automate	Power Automate mobile app	Outlook desktop	Outlook Web	Teams	Teams mobile app	Approvals Teams App
Headers	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Numbered Lists	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Nested Numbered Lists	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Tables	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Images	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Forced Line Breaks	Yes	Yes	No (use a blank line instead)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Blank Lines	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Emphasis	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No

Note

For Outlook Mobile, the previous parameters can vary depending on the Outlook client app and version that you are using.

Headers

Structure your comments using headers. Headers segment longer comments, making them easier to read.

Start a line with a hash character # to set a heading. Organize your remarks with subheadings by starting a line with additional hash characters, for example ####. Up to six levels of headings are supported.

Example:

Result:

Paragraphs and line breaks

Make your text easier to read by breaking it up with paragraphs or line breaks. Enter two spaces prior to the line break to force most clients to start a new line.

Example:

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Result:This is line 1.
Now text will appear on the next line.

Example 2

Result:
This is line 1.

Line 2 has extra space before it.

Lists

Organize related items with lists. You can add ordered lists with numbers, or unordered lists with just bullets.

Ordered lists start with a number followed by a period for each list item. Unordered lists start with a *. Begin each list item on a new line. In a Markdown file or widget, enter two spaces prior to the line break to begin a new paragraph, or enter two line breaks consecutively to begin a new paragraph.

Ordered or numbered lists

Example:

Result:

1. First item.
2. Second item.
3. Third item.

Bullet lists

Example:

Result:

• Item 1
• Item 2
• Item 3

Nested lists

Example:

Result:

1. First item.

   • Item 1
   • Item 2
   • Item 3

2. Second item.

   • Nested item 1
   • Nested item 2
   • Nested item 3

Links

HTTP and HTTPS URLs are automatically formatted as links.

You can set text hyperlinks for your URL using the standard markdown link syntax:

Example:

Result:
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Tables

Organize structured data with tables.

• Place each table row on its own line
• Separate table cells using the pipe character |
• The first two lines of a table set the column headers and the alignment of elements in the table
• Use colons (:) when dividing the header and body of tables to specify column alignment (left, center, right)
• To start a new line, use the HTML break tag (<br/>)
• Make sure to end each row with a CR or LF.

Example:

Result:

Heading 1	Heading 2	Heading 3
Cell A1	Cell A2	Cell A3
Cell B1	Cell B2	Cell B3 second line of text

Emphasis (bold, italics, strikethrough)

You can emphasize text by applying bold, italics, or strikethrough to characters:

• To apply italics: surround the text with an asterisk * or underscore _
• To apply bold: surround the text with double asterisks **.
• To apply strikethrough: surround the text with double tilde characters ~~.

Combine these elements to apply multiple emphasis to text.

Example:

Result:
Use emphasis in comments to express strong opinions and point out corrections
Bold, italicized text
Bold, strike-through text

Special characters

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Syntax	Example/notes
To insert one of the following characters, prefix with a backslash: ``` backslash ``` How to get adobe indesign free for mac. ` `backtick` ```_ underscore ``` ```{} curly braces ``` ```[] square brackets ``` ```() parentheses ``` ```# hash mark ``` ```+ plus sign ``` ```- minus sign (hyphen) ``` ```. dot ``` Best tweet app for mac. ```! exclamation mark ```	Some examples on inserting special characters Enter `````` to get Enter ```_``` to get _ Enter ```#``` to get # Enter ```(``` to get ( Enter ```.``` to get . Free open source software for mac. Enter ```!``` to get !

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