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Formatting Shortcuts

Customize your character sheets and notes with these formatting shortcuts. Additionally, typing / opens the Notes Action Menu.

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Written by Hem Brewster
Updated over 6 months ago

Roll Button

Useful for creating custom rolls to indicate damage, attack or healing.

Description

Two square open brackets, dice formula, two square close brackets

Syntax


Checkbox

Useful for creating Quest Logs or indicating expended resources.

Description

Square bracket open, square bracket close, space

Syntax

[]


Quote

Useful for when specific pieces of dialogue or exposition needs to be highlighted.

Description

Larger than, space

Syntax

>


Box Text

Useful for stating the special abilities of weapon.

Description

Underscore, space

Syntax

_


Divider Line

Useful for creating sections within a Note.

Description

Three dashes in a row

Syntax

---


Heading 1

Useful for creating Titles within notes.

Description

One hashtag, space

Syntax

#

MacOS Keyboard

Cmd + Option + 1


Heading 2

Useful for creating a subheading within a note.

Description

Two hashtags, space

Syntax

##

MacOS Keyboard

Cmd + Option + 2


Heading 3

Useful for highlighting a key piece of information within a paragraph.

Description

Three hashtags, space

Syntax

###

MacOS Keyboard

Cmd + Option + 3


Italic

Useful for creating taglines, giving additional information and indicating a shift in tone.

Description

Underscore, word, underscore. Note: you shouldn’t have a space space after the first underscore.

Syntax

MacOS Keyboard

Cmd + i

Windows Keyboard

Ctrl + i


Bold

Useful for highlighting key pieces of important information in a paragraph.

Description

Two underscores, word, two underscores. Note: that you shouldn’t have a space space after the first pair of underscores.

Syntax

__bold__

MacOS Keyboard

Cmd + b

Windows Keyboard

Ctrl + b


Underline

Useful for creating a title or highlighting things not to be forgotten.

MacOS Keyboard

Cmd + u

Windows Keyboard

Ctrl + u


Subscript

Useful for adding a snarky aside in a paragraph.

MacOS Keyboard

Cmd + ,

Windows Keyboard

Ctrl + ,


Superscript

Useful for when you want to add a citation or a reference.

MacOS Keyboard

Cmd + .

Windows Keyboard

Ctrl + .


Paste without formatting

Useful for getting a lot of information into a text document where formatting might be an issue or not supported.

MacOS Keyboard

Cmd + Shift + v

Windows Keyboard

Ctrl + Shift + v


Number list

Useful for creating action plans..

Description

1, ., space
Note: tap Enter to sequentially increase the numbers. To stop the numbers, hit Enter twice.


Bulleted list

Useful for creating lists, inventory or examples of what a weapon can do.

Description

Asterisk, space
Note: tap enter to start a new bullet on a new line. Top stop the list, hit Enter twice.


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