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If you're not a born shortcutter, we get it. You can still work like a Notion power user if you remember these few commands:

• Press cmd/ctrl + N to create a new page (desktop apps only).
• Press cmd/ctrl + shift + N to open a new Notion window (desktop apps only).
• Press option + shift + click to open a page as a new window (desktop apps only).
• Press cmd/ctrl + click to open a link as a new Notion tab (desktop apps only).
• Press cmd/ctrl + t to create a new Notion tab (desktop apps only).
• Press cmd/ctrl + P or cmd/ctrl + K to open search or jump to a recently viewed page.
• Press cmd/ctrl + L to copy page URL
• Press cmd/ctrl + [ to go back a page.
• Press cmd/ctrl + ] to go forward a page.
• Press ctrl + shift + K (Mac) or ctrl + K (Windows) in database peek view to go to the previous database page.
• Press ctrl + shift + J (Mac) or ctrl + J (Windows) in database peek view to go to the next database page.
• Press cmd/ctrl + shift + L to toggle between dark mode and light mode.

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<aside> <img src="/icons/light-bulb_yellow.svg" alt="/icons/light-bulb_yellow.svg" width="40px" /> Tip: You can add any emoji in-line on a Notion page by typing : followed by the name of the emoji, like :apple for 🍎 or :clapping for 👏

You can also bring up your computer's emoji picker with the shortcut ctrl + cmd + space on Mac and windows key + .or windows key + ; on Windows.

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Markdown style

While typing:

• Type * on either side of your text to bold.
• Type `` on either side of your text to italicize.
• Type on either side of your text to create inline code`. (That's the symbol to the left of your 1 key.)
• Type ~ on either side of your text to strikethrough.

At the beginning of any new line or existing block of content, try these:

• Type , , or + followed by space to create a bulleted list.
• Type [] to create a to-do checkbox, followed by space. (There's no space in between.)
• Type 1., a., or i. followed by space to create a numbered list.
• Type # followed by space to create an H1 heading.
• Type ## followed by space to create an H2 sub-heading.
• Type ### followed by space to create an H3 sub-heading.
• Type > followed by space to create a toggle list.
• Type " followed by space to create a quote block. </aside>

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• Press enter to insert a line of text.
• Press shift + enter to create a line break within a block of text.
• Press cmd/ctrl + shift + M to create a comment.
• Type -- to create a divider. (Three dashes in a row.)
• With text selected, press cmd/ctrl + B to bold text.
• With text selected, press cmd/ctrl + I to italicize text.
• With text selected, press cmd/ctrl + U to underline text.
• With text selected, press cmd/ctrl + shift + S for strikethrough.
• With text selected, press cmd/ctrl + K to add a link. You can also paste a URL over selected text to turn it into a link using cmd/ctrl + V.
• With text selected, press cmd/ctrl + E for inline code.
• Press tab to indent and nest content. Whenever you indent, you're nesting that block inside the block above it. If you select the parent, everything nested under it will also be selected.
• Press shift + tab to un-nest content.
• Type /turn at the beginning or end of a block to turn it into a different type of block. You'll see a list of choices pop up.
• Type /color at the beginning or end of any text block to change its color or highlight color. (To remove a color or highlight, just type /default.) Example: /blue, /blue background

For all of these content creation shortcuts, cmd + option is the combination for Mac, and ctrl + shift is the combination for Windows and Linux:

• Press cmd/ctrl + option/shift + 0 to create text.
• Press cmd/ctrl + option/shift + 1 to create an H1 heading.
• Press cmd/ctrl + option/shift + 2 to create an H2 heading.
• Press cmd/ctrl + option/shift + 3 to create an H3 heading.
• Press cmd/ctrl + option/shift + 4 to create a to-do checkbox.
• Press cmd/ctrl + option/shift + 5 to create a bulleted list.
• Press cmd/ctrl + option/shift + 6 to create a numbered list.
• Press cmd/ctrl + option/shift + 7 to create a toggle list.
• Press cmd/ctrl + option/shift + 8 to create a code block.
• Press cmd/ctrl + option/shift + 9 to create a new page, or turn whatever you have on a line into a page.
• Press cmd/ctrl + + to zoom in.
• Press cmd/ctrl + `` to zoom out.
• Press cmd/ctrl + shift + U to go up one level in the page hierarchy.
• Duplicate any content on a Notion page by holding down option/alt as you drag and drop. </aside>