# Option to ignore inline Markdown formatting

**URL:** <https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/t/option-to-ignore-inline-markdown-formatting/569>\
**Category:** FoldingText\
**Created:** [December 20, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/t/option-to-ignore-inline-markdown-formatting/569 "2016-12-20T19:55:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![SteveSamuels](https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@SteveSamuels](https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/u/SteveSamuels)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://support.doubledogsoftware.com/t/option-to-ignore-inline-markdown-formatting/569/1 "2016-12-20T19:55:29Z")

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I’m trying to use FT3 to take notes for statistical analyses. The problem: code frequently contains the \* symbol. When this happens, adjoining characters sometimes. become italicized or bolded, when I want them to be just plain text. I know that I can clear inline formatting after the fact (with ⌃C), but I’d like an option to ignore it altogether. I do want to keep the # header formatting, because it’s needed for folding.