Keyboard Shortcuts and Markdown

Amplenote is all about efficient writing and productive note organization. Many folks find it tedious to switch between mouse and keyboard to make formatting changes. That's why we have keyboard shortcuts and markdown.


Wait, what's the difference?

Keyboard shortcuts are the actions you take to turn on or off a setting.

Markdown is a plain text formatting syntax that quickly create rich text in a plain text editor.


linkKeyboard Commands

linkQuick Search

WINDOWS
Ctrl-O
 
MAC
Cmd-O ⌘o
 
Tab or up/down arrows to navigate menu
Enter/return to select
Esc to close


linkFormatting Bar

Bold Text

WINDOWS
Ctrl-B
 
MAC
Cmd-B ⌘b
 
MARKDOWN
*text*


Italic Text

WINDOWS
Ctrl-I
 
MAC
Cmd-I ⌘i
 
MARKDOWN
_text_


linkHeader 1

WINDOWS
Shift-Ctrl-1
 
MAC
Shift-Ctrl-1 ⇧⌃1
 
MARKDOWN
# text


linkHeader 2

WINDOWS
Shift-Ctrl-2
 
MAC
Shift-Ctrl-2 ⇧⌃2
 
MARKDOWN
## text


linkHeader 3

WINDOWS
Shift-Ctrl-3
 
MAC
Shift-Ctrl-3 ⇧⌃3
 
MARKDOWN
### text


Task List

Task



Task



Task


MARKDOWN
[ ] text
 
Tab to indent, Shift-Tab to outdent
Ctrl-. or Cmd-. (.) to expand Task Detail panel


Bullet list

Bullet

Bullet

Bullet

MARKDOWN
* text
- text
 
Tab to indent, Shift-Tab to outdent


Numbered list

Item

Item

Item

MARKDOWN
1. text
 
Tab to indent, Shift-Tab to outdent


Note that ordered lists can begin with numbers other than 1

Type in any number

The list continues

And continues


Link and Rich Footnote

WINDOWS
Ctrl-K
 
MAC
Cmd-K ⌘k


Block Quote

WINDOWS
Shift-Ctrl->
 
MAC
Shift-Ctrl-> ⇧⌃>
 
MARKDOWN
> text


Code Snippet

WINDOWS
Shift-Ctrl-`
 
MAC
Shift-Ctrl-` ⇧⌘`
 
MARKDOWN
`text`


Code Block
WINDOWS
Shift-Ctrl-\
 
MAC
Shift-Ctrl-\ ⇧⌃\
 
MARKDOWN
```
text
```


Undo

WINDOWS
Ctrl-Z
 
MAC
Cmd-Z ⌘z


Redo

WINDOWS
Shift-Ctrl-Z
 
MAC
Shift-Cmd-Z ⇧⌘z


Note that you can combine inline styling (bold, italic, strikethrough, code snippets, and links/rich footnotes) to block elements (headers, list items, and block quotes).


linkHere's an example of inline styling applied to a block element


And here's an example of a task with rich footnote




linkMore Formatting Options

Strikethrough

MARKDOWN
~text~


Emoji 😄 🐶 🏀🎉

MARKDOWN
:emoji-name:


Horizontal Line


MARKDOWN
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