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Hi,

I'm not sure if I'm missing something, but I'm trying to set up an approval Flow and I saw in the "Details" field that markdown is supported and details are mentioned here: http://aka.ms/approvaldetails.

When I try to configure my details using markdown as seen in the screenshot the # adn ** charaters appear just like normal. Is there anything I should be doing to make this work?

Screen Shot 2018-04-25 at 11.06.53 AM.png .

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Hi @bynumhoekstra,

Could you please share a screenshot of your issue?

I have made a test on my side and the Markdown works well within my Approval email. My flow's configuration as below:The flow works successfullly as below:

Please make sure that there is a space between the hash character # and the text (it is "Spot Bonus Request" on your side) you want to decorate.

Best regards,

Kris

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bynumhoekstra 22 on at

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Thank you for the response! It was definitely the space between the # and ** that tripped me up.

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bynumhoekstra 22 on at

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Revisiting this thread since I've recently discovered an issue with markdown from Flow. Has anyone been able to get the table markdown working as described here? https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/flow/approvals-markdown-support

I copied each of the formatting examples from the documentation link above, but the table doesn't work.

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astevens84 4 on at

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I'm also having the same issue when using markdown in sending emails...

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bynumhoekstra 22 on at

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Markdown is not accepted in the "send an email" Outlook Flow action, but does work (mostly) in the Approval action.

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astevens84 4 on at

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Can you use HTML?

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bynumhoekstra 22 on at

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Yes you can use HTML - see the screenshot.

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Jason_N 15 on at

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I seem to still get a group of clumped wording not separated as in your screen shot. I'm not certain why my details are still jumbled together.

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