12 Markup for Rich Contents

Org is primarily about organizing and searching through your plain-text notes. However, it also provides a lightweight yet robust markup language for rich text formatting and more. For instance, you may want to center or emphasize text. Or you may need to insert a formula or image in your writing. Org offers syntax for all of this and more. Used in conjunction with the export framework (see Exporting), you can author beautiful documents in Org—like the fine manual you are currently reading.

• Paragraphs		The basic unit of text.
• Emphasis and Monospace		Bold, italic, etc.
• Subscripts and Superscripts		Simple syntax for raising/lowering text.
• Special Symbols		Greek letters and other symbols.
• Embedded LaTeX		LaTeX can be freely used inside Org documents.
• Literal Examples		Source code examples with special formatting.
• Images		Display an image.
• Captions		Describe tables, images...
• Horizontal Rules		Make a line.
• Creating Footnotes		Edit and read footnotes.