Question

The IPython notebook has two types of cells:

* Markdown
* Code

Markdown is for text, and even allows some typesetting of mathematics, while the code cells allow for coding in Python and access to many other packages, compilers, etc.

Markdown

To enter a markdown cell, just choose the cell tab and set the type to ‘Markdown’.

from IPython.display import Image

Image(filename='screenshot.png')

The current cell is now in Markdown mode, and whatever is entered is assumed to be markdown code. For example, text can be put into italics or bold . A bulleted list can be entered as follows:

Bulleted List * Item 1 * Item 2

Markdown has many features, and a good reference is located at:

http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax