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title: "Jira formatting syntaxes comparison"
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/CT/147914955/Jira%20formatting%20syntaxes%20comparison"
format: markdown
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Jira has been supporting two different text formatting styles: [old wiki syntax](https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/WikiRendererHelpAction.jspa?section=all&error=login_required&error_description=Login+required&state=d0694062-7662-422b-ba91-998bf06cdf30) (DC instances and long-living Jira Cloud instances) and [new markdown syntax](https://support.atlassian.com/jira-core-cloud/docs/markdown-and-keyboard-shortcuts/) (default option in Jira Cloud with [new issue view](https://support.atlassian.com/jira-core-cloud/docs/what-is-the-new-jira-issue-view/) ).

Canned Responses for Jira Cloud comes with its own **built-in visual editor** which also supports the [new markdown syntax](https://support.atlassian.com/jira-core-cloud/docs/markdown-and-keyboard-shortcuts/).

> ⚠️ Your templates should follow the syntax supported by your Jira instance.

Check out the main differences in text formatting:

| **Element** | **Wiki Style Syntax (old issue view)** | **Markdown Syntax (new issue view)** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Headings | <sup>h1. Biggest heading title
h6. Smallest heading</sup> | <sup># Biggest heading title
###### Smallest heading</sup> |
| **Text effects** |
| Strong | <sup>*This is bold*</sup> | <sup>**This is bold**
__This is bold__</sup> |
| Emphasis | <sup>_This looks italic for me_</sup> | <sup>*This looks italic for me*</sup> |
| Quote | <sup>{quote}
    here is quotable
 content to be quoted
{quote}</sup><br><sup>bq. Some block quoted text</sup> | <sup>> here is quotable
> content to be quoted</sup> |
| Citation | <sup>??This text is cited??</sup> | No direct translation. Can be replaced with Emphasis. |
| Strikethrough | <sup>-This text looks deleted-</sup> | <sup>~~This text looks deleted~~</sup> |
| Underscore | <sup>+This text looks underscored+</sup> | Not available |
| Monospace | <sup>{{This text is monospaced}}</sup> | <sup>`This text is monospaced`</sup> |
| **Other** |
| Table | <sup>||Syntax||Description||
|Header|Title|
|Paragraph|Text|
</sup> | <sup>| Syntax | Description |
| ----------- | ----------- |
| Header | Title |
| Paragraph | Text |</sup> |
| Link | <sup>[title|https://www.example.com]</sup> | <sup>[title](https://www.example.com)</sup> |
| Image | <sup>!path/to/image!</sup> | <sup>![alt text](path/to/image)</sup> |
| Ordered list | <sup># First item
# Second item
# Third item</sup> | <sup>1. First item
2. Second item
3. Third item</sup> |
| Unordered list | <sup>- First item
- Second item
- Third item</sup> | <sup>- First item
- Second item
- Third item</sup> |

You may also want to check the [general markdown syntax](https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax) for more elements.