Using a Markdown Cell

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

The Markdown cells are used to enter a description, links, images, headings, and text with Bold or Italics effect to a Data Science 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

• Navigate to a .ipynb file.

• Use the Add pre-cell icon to insert a new code cell to the file.

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• Click the +Markdown option that appears below the code cell.

• The Markdown cell appears below to insert Markdown into the Notebook.

• 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.

Markdown cell with inserted text

• The image displays a few actions from the toolbar (such as Bold, Italic, Heading, and link) applied to the Markdown text.

• Click the Save option.

Saving the inserted text inside a Markdown cell

• 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).

Please Note: A Code cell gets added below the saved Markdown cell.

• 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).

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

Editing a Markdown Cell

• Use the double clicks on a saved Markdown cell.

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

the Markdown cell opens in the editable format

• Modify the text inside the Markdown cell.

• Click the Save option to update the edited Markdown in the Notebook.

Saving the Markdown updates

• Click the Save option for the file.

• A notification message appears.

• The file gets saved with the Markdown cell.

Deleting a Markdown Cell

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

Delete markdown icon for the Markdown cell

• 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.

The selected Markdown cell gets deleted

Uploading an Image in the Markdown

• Navigate to a .ipynb file inside an activated Project.

• Access a Markdown cell.

• Click the Upload icon.

• Upload an image.

• The image gets uploaded to the markdown cell.

• Click the Save icon.

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

Please Note: Do not forget to click the Save icon for the Data Science Notebook to save the markdown updates in the .ipynb file.