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# Using a Markdown Cell

This page describes steps to use the text cells of the Notebook.

The Markdown cells are used to enter a description for the Notebook. They are formatted using a simple markup language called Markdown. The Markdown cell contains a toolbar to assist with editing.

## Inserting a Markdown Cell <a href="#inserting-a-markdown-cell" id="inserting-a-markdown-cell"></a>

* Navigate to a Notebook.
* The code cell gets added to a newly created Notebook by default.

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* Click the ***+Markdown*** option that appears below the code cell.
* The ***Markdown*** cell appears below to insert Markdown to the Notebook.

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* Choose an action from the toolbar.
* It gets added to the left side of the Markdown cell.
* The right-side Markdown space displays the text with the applied effect.

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* The below-given image displays some actions from the toolbar (such as Bold, Italic, Heading, Reference) applied to the ***Markdown*** text.
* Click the ***Save*** option.

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* The Markdown cell with inserted effect gets saved and the Markdown display gets changed displaying the text with saved effects on the left side (as shown in the given image).

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*<mark style="color:green;">Please Note:</mark> A Code cell gets added below the saved Markdown cell.*
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* The user can click the ***Save*** option provided for the Notebook to save the update in the Notebook (after the Markdown cell has been added to it).

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* The Notebook gets updated and the same gets communicated through a notification message.

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## **Editing a Markdown Cell** <a href="#editing-a-markdown-cell" id="editing-a-markdown-cell"></a>

* Use the double clicks on a saved Markdown cell.

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* The Markdown cell opens in the editable format to edit it.

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* Modify the text inside the Markdown cell.
* Click the ***Save*** option to update the edited Markdown in the Notebook.

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* The updated Markdown text gets saved in the Notebook.
* Click the ***Save*** option provided for the Notebook to save the changes in the Notebook.

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## **Deleting a Markdown Cell** <a href="#deleting-a-markdown-cell" id="deleting-a-markdown-cell"></a>

* Click the ***Delete markdown*** icon for a saved Markdown cell.

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* The ***Delete Cell*** dialog box opens.
* Click the ***Yes*** option.

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* The selected Markdown gets removed and the same gets communicated by a notification message.

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## Uploading an Image in the Markdown

* Navigate to a Notebook inside an activated Project.
* Access a ***Markdown*** cell.
* Click the ***Upload*** icon.

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* Upload an image.

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* The image gets uploaded to the markdown cell.
* Click the ***Save*** icon.

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* The markdown cell gets saved the uploaded image appears in the View mode of the markdown.

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*<mark style="color:green;">Please Note:</mark> Refer the* [***Data Science Lab Quick Start Flow*** ](https://docs.bdb.ai/data-science-lab-4/data-science-lab-quick-start-flow)*page to get an overview of the **Data Science Lab** module in nutshell.*&#x20;
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