Building a checklist in a single document using Markdown syntax

Project managers may want to keep a common text document so that they can quickly copy and paste the contents of a checklist. This can be done in the free-form editor using Markdown syntax.

Whenever a checklist is edited in the free-form editor, the following metadata is lost (but don’t worry, you’ll be warned first!):

• Assignee

• Priority

• Due date

To build a checklist in a single document:

1. In a text document, write a checklist using basic Markdown syntax (for details, see Using the free-form editor).
   

   CODE

   [X] Create the list of tests that need to be done
   [ ] Write the tests
       >>
       To write the tests, you can do:
       - This
       - That
   [ ]* Run tests (mandatory!!)

2. Copy and paste the contents of your text document into the free-form editor (for details, see Using the free-form editor).
   

   

3. Click Save. The checklist will be displayed:
   

   

Similarly, to extract the contents of a checklist from Jira, just open the free-form editor and copy the syntax to a text file.