More updates to syntax

Author: protohedgehog

content_development/Task_1.html

@@ -14,19 +14,19 @@ Don't forget you can join in the discussions over at our open [**Slack channel**
 
 ## Table of contents
 
-* [Getting started](#Getting_started)
-* [Learning how to use markdown](#markdown)
+* [Getting started up](#Getting_started)
+* [Learning the basics of markdown syntax](#markdown)
 * [](#)
 * [BONUS STEP](#bonus)
 
 
-## Getting started <a name="Getting_started"></a>
+## Getting started up <a name="Getting_started"></a>
 
 Welcome to your first task, probably, of the Open Science MOOC! What we *don't* want here is to create something were you sit in front of a screen, basically being lectured like you do at high school or university. We want you to create, to learn, to build, both as an individual and as part of a boundless community. We want to help you to sculpt your own path in research, and tell your own story and use that story to inspire and guide others.
 
 In order to help this, we are going to try something that hasn't really been done before in this space. This [MOOC](https://opensciencemooc.eu/) is entirely built on a dynamic 'open source' process, with everything in the open and available to contribution from everyone. We would like you to be part of that.
 
-Duing the tasks throughout the MOOC modules, we will help you, as a community, to directly create and edit content that becomes part of the overall course and its companion website. What you do from here on out will help to influence the learning of all individuals who come here in the future. Our job is to guide you in this process, and help you to realise that what you are doing is valuable, to yourself and others.
+During the tasks throughout the MOOC modules, we will help you, as a community, to directly create and edit content that becomes part of the overall course and its companion website. What you do from here on out will help to influence the learning of all individuals who come here in the future. Our job is to guide you in this process, and help you to realise that what you are doing is valuable, to yourself and others.
 
 **IMPOSTER SYNDROME KLAXON**
 
@@ -38,21 +38,24 @@ We want to remind you at the beginning that if you find any part of this MOOC co
 
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-## Learning how to  use markdown <a name="markdown"></a>
+## Learning the basics of markdown syntax <a name="markdown"></a>
 
-A lot of people think [RStudio](https://www.rstudio.com/) (covered more in [Module 5](https://github.com/OpenScienceMOOC/Module-5-Open-Research-Software-and-Open-Source/blob/master/content_development/MAIN.md)) is just for writing complex scripts for statistical analysis. Wrooooong. It can also be used to write nicely formatted text documents, using something called [markdown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown). Much of this MOOC was written in markdown, and then converted from that into PDF, HTML, and Jupyter notebook formats, and look how nice it all looks!
+A lot of people think [RStudio](https://www.rstudio.com/) (covered more in [Module 5](https://github.com/OpenScienceMOOC/Module-5-Open-Research-Software-and-Open-Source/blob/master/content_development/MAIN.md)) is just for writing complex scripts for statistical analysis. Wrooooong. It can also be used to write nicely formatted text documents, using something called [markdown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown). Much of this MOOC was written in markdown in RStudio, and then converted from that into PDF, HTML, and Jupyter notebook formats, and look how nice it all looks!
 
 Markdown is really a plain writing style that gives you full control over the format of text. If you're used to using something like Microsoft Word, it's kind of similar and gives you the same control over simple things like header style and text format. But in a way that is readable by more software, and can also be easily easily rendered as a webpage and many other useful output formats.
 
 It is because markdown is so flexible in reading, writing, and conversion, that we are going to be learning a bit about it to get things started here. A collection of all things markdown-related can also be found [here](https://github.com/mundimark/awesome-markdown) for the adventurous types.
 
-Here is some basic markdown syntax that you might find handy for now (based largely on this [cheatsheet from Adam Pritchard](https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Here-Cheatsheet)):
+Here is just some of the basic markdown syntax that you might find handy for now (based largely on this [cheatsheet from Adam Pritchard](https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Here-Cheatsheet)):
 
 ```markdown
 
   # Header one
+  
   ## Header two
+  
   ### Header three
+  
   #### Header four
 
   Header with an underline
@@ -70,20 +73,14 @@ Here is some basic markdown syntax that you might find handy for now (based larg
   * Just use asterisks (*)
   * Like this
 
-  1. Unordered
-  2. And ordered
-    * Lists can also be
-    * Combined
-  3. Like this
-    * Using tabs
-    * To set the different
-    * List levels
-  
 ```
-
+ 
   # Header one
+  
   ## Header two
+  
   ### Header three
+  
   #### Header four
 
   Header with an underline
@@ -98,26 +95,15 @@ Here is some basic markdown syntax that you might find handy for now (based larg
   3. Like this
 
   * For an unordered list
-  * Just use asterisks (*)
+  * Just use asterisks
   * Like this
 
-  1. Unordered
-  2. And ordered
-   * Lists can also be
-   * Combined
-  3. Like this
-   * Using spaces
-   * To set the different
-   * List levels
-  
 For automatic links use [square brackets](https://www.google.com) and then insert the target URL in normal brackets after.
 
 `[square brackets](https://www.google.com)`
 
 For images, use an exclamation to indicate this and then a link to the image location:
 
-![image](https://github.com/OpenScienceMOOC/Module-1-Open-Principles/blob/master/content_development/images/logo.png)
-
 `![image](https://github.com/OpenScienceMOOC/Module-1-Open-Principles/blob/master/content_development/images/logo.png)`
 
 Some times you can also add in bits of HTML here if you want to be a bit fancier, which can help with display issues too some times:
@@ -126,11 +112,12 @@ Some times you can also add in bits of HTML here if you want to be a bit fancier
 
 <p align="center"><i>The Open Science MOOC logo!</i></p>
 
-`<p align="center"><img src="https://github.com/OpenScienceMOOC/Module-1-Open-Principles/blob/master/content_development/images/Logo.png?raw=true" width="500" /></p>
-
-<p align="center"><i>The Open Science MOOC logo!</i></p>`
+```markdown
+<p align="center"><img src="https://github.com/OpenScienceMOOC/Module-1-Open-Principles/blob/master/content_development/images/Logo.png?raw=true" width="500" /></p>
 
-Some times, you might want to add in little snippets of code, like we have done above. For this, use simple back ticks:
+<p align="center"><i>The Open Science MOOC logo!</i></p>
+```
+Some times, you might want to add in little snippets of code, like we have done above. For this, use simple back ticks, these little things: `
 
 `some code with back-ticks around it`
 
@@ -141,6 +128,33 @@ s = "Python syntax highlighting"
 print s
 ```
 
+Another handy point for highlighting text is to use block quotes, especially if you want to add a direct quote from someone (like we did for Jacquelyn above). For this, just use a right line break: >
+
+`> This is a quote (Person, 2018)`
+
+> This is a quote (Person, 2018)
+
+For simplicity, line breaks are best added using the simple html code: `<br/>` as this helps to keep it much more visible where they are or need adding.
+
+One of the last little things we might want to do is add tables, as these can look quite nifty in markdown. Let's sketch out a simple one here and see what it looks like.
+
+```markdown
+
+| Column 1     | Column 2      | Column 3  |
+| -------------|:-------------:| ---------:|
+| Tyrannosaurus| Meat          | Angry     |
+| Velociraptor | Meat          | Relaxed   |
+| Triceratops  | Veggiesaurus  | Hungry    |
+
+```
+Notice how the colons are used to align the text in the columns to either the centre or right hand side?
+
+| Column 1     | Column 2      | Column 3  |
+| -------------|:-------------:| ---------:|
+| Tyrannosaurus| Meat          | Angry     |
+| Velociraptor | Meat          | Relaxed   |
+| Triceratops  | Veggiesaurus  | Hungry    |
+
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 ## Putting this into practise<a name="draft"></a>