A guide to access advanced formatting while still using Markdown to write articles.

<center>![firstScreen](https://i.imgur.com/5yfN7EZ.png)
This example taken from my [Mindfulness article](https://steemit.com/life/@newandold/vipassana-mindfulness-a-short-and-practical-how-to-guide)</center>

It takes a while to get the hang of the editor on SteemIt, recently I discovered a hidden feature that left or right aligns images, parallel to the main text. However, it is only available in the Raw HTML mode, but I, like many others, like the convenience and ease of drafting of Markdown.

<center><h2>Here's how to use advanced formatting while still drafting in Markdown</h2></center>

I wanted to try my hand at video editing for this guide, so please enjoy this 2.5 minute tutorial.
<center>https://youtu.be/HTXWZfd2iAw</center>

I discovered the advanced formatting features through [this post](https://steemit.com/steemit/@steemitblog/new-advanced-formatting-features) by @steemitblog. 

A note on embedding YouTube videos, the trick I prescribed doesn't work for this, to do this you need to click on Share.
<center>https://youtu.be/0JAbGdx7oto</center>

I hope this helps you all. Steem on.

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