# Marking up formatting
After working through this section, you should be able to:
* Mark up superscripts
* Mark up subscripts
* Mark up bold
* Mark up italics.
## Marking up superscripts
The pattern for marking up superscripts is as follows:
* Before the superscripted text, the opening `{{^`
* The text to be superscripted
* The closing `}}`.
{% hint style="warning" %}
Spaces and any punctuation that are included between `{{^` and `}}` will also be superscripted.
{% endhint %}
### Example
```
On the 15{{^th}} of July 2020 …
```
will look like this in View mode:
## Marking up subscripts
The pattern for marking up subscripts is as follows:
* Before the subscripted text, the opening `{{_`
* The text to be subscripted
* The closing `}}`.
{% hint style="warning" %}
Spaces and any punctuation that are included between `{{_` and `}}` will also be subscripted.
{% endhint %}
### Example
```
The amount of CO{{_2}} in the atmosphere …
```
will look like this in View mode:
## Marking up bold text
The pattern for marking up bold text is as follows:
* Before the bold text, the opening `**`
* The text to be bolded
* The closing `**`.
{% hint style="warning" %}
Spaces and any punctuation that are included between the `**`s will also be bolded.
{% endhint %}
### Example
```
**This whole sentence is bold.**
```
will look like this in View mode:
## Marking up italics text
The pattern for marking up italics text is as follows:
* Before the italics text, the opening `//`
* The text to be italicised
* The closing `//`.
{% hint style="warning" %}
Spaces and any punctuation that are included between the `//`s will also be italicised.
{% endhint %}
### Example
```
Just //this text// is in italics.
```
will look like this in View mode:
## Exercise
Copy the text below and paste it into a practise document, then see the instructions that follow.
```
PARA 12.
On the 12th of July 2020, the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere was bold.
Later that same month is was italics.
```
1. Mark up the `th` in the 'the 12th of July' as superscripted.
2. Mark up the `2` in 'CO2' as subscripted.
3. Mark up the word `bold` as bold.
4. Mark up the word `italics` as italics.
When you're done, it should look like this in View mode:
and like this in Edit mode:
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