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Format bar and / commands

The bar above a note styles the words you have selected. Type / on any line for a list of everything else you can add.

On the bar

Style words

B I U S In the note: bold, italic, underlined and struck words In the note: bold, italic, underlined and struck words

Select the words and press a button, or use the keys: Ctrl/Cmd + B, Ctrl/Cmd + I, Ctrl/Cmd + U and Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + X for strikethrough. Press again to take the style off.

Your four buttons

Click a dashed button The format bar before you add anything: four dashed empty buttons, two at each end, either side of Bold, Italic, Underline, Strikethrough and text colour The format bar before you add anything: four dashed empty buttons, two at each end, either side of Bold, Italic, Underline, Strikethrough and text colour

Pick a command for it. From then on the button runs that command. Change or clear the four in Settings → Look → Shortcuts.

The / menu

Open the list

/ The / menu, listing Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3, Bulleted list and Numbered list The / menu, listing Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3, Bulleted list and Numbered list

Type it at the start of a line or after a space, keep typing to narrow the list, then press Enter. Most commands also answer to a short word, such as /ul, /todo or /h1.

Headings

/h1 In the note: a large heading, a smaller one and a smaller one again In the note: a large heading, a smaller one and a smaller one again

/h1, /h2 or /h3 — or type # and a space at the start of a line, with ## and ### for the smaller sizes.

Lists

/todo In the note: a bulleted list, a numbered list and a checklist with one item ticked In the note: a bulleted list, a numbered list and a checklist with one item ticked

/bullet, /numbered or /todo — or type - then a space, 1. then a space, or - [ ] then a space at the start of a line.