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  1. Creating Content

Formatting your content

Format your content in various ways using the context menu or keyboard shortcuts

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To format your text, simply select the words you want and choose one of the formats from the context menu — or format your text using a keyboard shortcut or through Markdown syntax.

We’ve written these shoradolestcuts using Mac keys. Use Control in place of ⌘ (Command) on Windows or Linux operating systems. Check out our section to see all the shortcuts for all operating systems.

Bold

Keyboard shortcut: ⌘ + B

**Bold**

Italic

Keyboard shortcut : ⌘ + I

_Italic_

Strikethrough

Keyboard shortcut: ⇧ + ⌘ + S

~~Strikethrough~~

Code

Keyboard shortcut: ⌘ + E

`Code`

Link

Keyboard shortcut: ⌘ + K

Color and background color

Click the color icon in the context menu, and choose a color for the text or its background.

This text is orange.

This text background is orange.

When you add a link to text on your page, you’ll be prompted to provide the link. You can add any URL, but if you’re linking to another page or section in your space, we recommend .

This is .

This is a .

This is a .

This is .

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