Markdown Shortcuts

Markdown shortcuts allow you to format text without leaving your keyboard.

What are Markdown shortcuts?

Markdown inputs are shortcuts that you use to add formatting elements to your text, right from your keyboard. Many features from our editor can be accessed using Markdown shortcuts.

You can check the Markdown shortcuts from any doc by clicking the blue question mark in the bottom-right corner.

In the desktop Mac app, you can also get to them via the Help menu.

How to use Markdown shortcuts

There are two possibilities: changing a block type, or adding style to text.

Block action
Let's take the quote. The markdown shortcut for quotes is >. Simply type this character at the start of a line, and hit space.
Inline style
Let's look at Bold. To write a bolded word, you'll type an asterisk * before you type your word, then close it with an * again, and hit space .

Markdown shortcuts

Element
Markdown syntax
Header
# Header 1
## Header 2
### Header 3
Bold
**bold**
Italics
*italic*
Strikethrough
~strikethrough~
To do list
[]
Ordered list
1.
List
-
Separator
---
Quote
>
Hint
!!
Highlight
::highlight::
Emoji
:
Inline code
`code`