Under the Add a resource... drop-down menu, use Compose a text page to add a text page to any course, including the site's Front Page. A link then appears to the page that you have created. The page is stored in Moodle's database.
The name 'text page' implies an unformatted, text-only page. However, Moodle's text pages can take several formats. Each of these formats offers some advantages and disadvantages.
When you edit a text page, Moodle gives you a drop-down list where you select the format for that page:
The online help explains what each format is, and how to use it. This section expands on that, and covers when to use each of the text page formats:
Moodle auto-format
HTML format
Plain text format
Markdown format
There are four types of formats you can use while creating a new text page. Each offers some advantages and disadvantages. They all offer a limited set of formatting commands. If you need more formatting options than what is offered by these...