On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 01:24:44PM -0400, Brenda Butler wrote: > I'm not super advanced in org-mode, so take what I have to say as > "non-authoritative", but: > > I don't think you need any prefix on lines in your org-mode file. > Lines with some number of * are headers as you noted > Lines that start with a - make a list of items. > > I'm not sure what you can do with lists ... but probably that has an effect > on formatting. > So you can have a paragraph (no prefix), then a list (list items start with > -) then another paragraph ...
You may take a look here for an authoritative source: http://orgmode.org/manual/Document-structure.html#Document-structure > I haven't tried to "export" my org files so I don't know how it would > look. I just use the files as a todo/done list/database/thing. Here are some export tutorials: http://orgmode.org/worg/exporters/ The canonical reference is of course the manual. You can also find a plethora of tutorials here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/. Note, some are quite outdated though. That said, you need not go through them all. The central idea behind getting started with Org mode is: explore as your need broadens. Welcome to Org mode, and happy exploring :) Cheers, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.