When every line in a note looks the same, important details are easy to miss. Making a date bold, coloring a warning or linking to a source draws the reader's eye to the right place. You'll find all of this in the toolbar that appears when you select text.
In five steps, we'll walk you through the toolbar and show you how to make your text bold or italic, format as you type, add links and color your text. You can find the basics of Notes in Quick start with Notes.
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Select text to open the toolbar
Select a word or sentence in your note with your mouse, and the toolbar appears right above your selection. You can also double-click a word to select it.
From left to right, the buttons are:
- Pumpy: opens Pumpy with the text you selected. You can see what it can do in Pumpy: your AI assistant.
- Bold, Italic, Strikethrough and Code: change how your text looks.
- Text color and Highlight color: add color to your text and its line.
- Link: links the text you selected to an address.
- Heading 1, Heading 2 and Heading 3: turn the line into a heading.
- More blocks: turns the line into a list, a quote or another block. You can also add an image, a file, a web bookmark or a YouTube video from here.
When you clear your selection, the toolbar closes too.
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Toolbar · appears right above your selection when you select text
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Bold, italic, strikethrough and code
Select text and click Bold to make it bold; click the same button again to change it back. Italic, Strikethrough and Code turn on and off the same way. You can combine formats on the same text, for example bold and italic together. Code is the exception: when you apply Code to text, other formatting like bold, italic, color and links is removed.
Code shows your text in orange, in a code font, on a gray background. It's handy for setting apart a command, a file name or a short piece of code within a sentence. For several lines of code, it's easier to type /code and add a Code Block.
To work faster with your keyboard, select your text and use these shortcuts:
- Ctrl + B (Cmd + B on Mac): bold
- Ctrl + I (Cmd + I on Mac): italic
- Ctrl + Shift + S (Cmd + Shift + S on Mac): strikethrough
- Ctrl + E (Cmd + E on Mac): code
- Ctrl + U (Cmd + U on Mac): underline
There's no toolbar button for underline, so you can only apply it with the shortcut. Press the shortcut again to remove the format.
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Formats · when you select bold text, the Bold button shows as active
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Format as you type
You can also format text without pausing as you type. When you wrap a word in symbols, the format is applied as soon as you type the closing symbol, and the symbols disappear:
- Type **word** to make it bold.
- Type *word* to make it italic.
- Type ~~word~~ to strike it through.
- Type `word` to format it as code.
Anything you type after the closing symbol continues as plain text.
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Add and remove links
Select the text you want to link and click Link. An address box opens where the toolbar was. Type the address and click Apply or press Enter, and your text becomes a link. You don't need to type https:// at the start; the link is completed for you. To close the box without adding anything, press Esc.
When you type an address in your note and then type a space or press Enter, it turns into a link on its own. This works for addresses like pumpynotes.com, www.pumpynotes.com and anything starting with https://.
When you click linked text, the address opens in a new tab and your note stays just as it is. To remove a link, select the linked text and click Link. The text stays in your note; only the link is removed.
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Link · type the address and click Apply
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Color your text
Select your text and click Text color. At the top of the menu, there are three quick options: Auto, Black text and White text. Below them is a palette of 12 colors. If you want a color that isn't in the palette, type its color code and click Apply. Use the tabs to the left of the palette to switch to Recent and Favorites. To remove a color, choose Auto or Reset to default at the bottom.
Highlight color doesn't just color the word you selected; it gives the whole line a colored background. This is the same background color you set with Color in the handle menu. We cover coloring lines in more detail in Move, convert and color your blocks.
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Text color · quick options, palette and Reset to default
Frequently asked questions
How do I remove formatting from text?
Select the text and click that format's button again. For example, the Bold button shows as active on bold text, and clicking it turns the text back to plain. You can do the same with the keyboard shortcut. If you applied a format by mistake, you can undo your last step with Ctrl + Z (Cmd + Z on Mac).
How do I change the address of a link?
Clicking linked text opens the address, so you need to select the text without clicking it. Place your cursor right next to the text and hold Shift while pressing the arrow keys, or start dragging with your mouse from just beside the text. Then click Link to remove the old link. With the text still selected, click Link once more and enter the new address.
Why doesn't this toolbar appear in tables?
Table blocks have their own toolbar above them, with options like bold, italic and fill color. You can find the details in Add and edit tables.
Can I format text on my phone too?
Yes. When you select text on a phone or tablet, the same toolbar appears.
Can I use this on the Free plan?
Formatting, links and colors are available on every plan.