Typed Notes

Typed notes

Type and format text on your pages. Beta 4 has the core typed notes editor, formatting, styles, and typing helpers. Everything except start-up is untested by hand, so check the test checklist before you rely on a feature.

Where text goes

A page can hold text in two ways. You can place text boxes anywhere on a page, as in OneNote, or stack them in a simple document flow. Each text box is its own editor, so a page can mix several text boxes with ink and images.

What you can do

Feature	Status
Basic formatting	Built. Headings, bulleted and numbered lists, checkboxes, bold, italic, links, quotes, and callouts.
Markdown shortcuts	Built. Type # for a heading and other Markdown patterns, and paste Markdown.
Images and attachments	Built. Paste, drag, or pick a file, then resize and crop. Attachments save back with your note.
Tables and code blocks	Built. Basic tables and code blocks with syntax highlighting. See Tables and charts for smart tables with formulas.
Spell check	Built. Uses the Windows spelling service. Several languages work at once, with a personal dictionary.
Text styles	Built. Each text style (Normal, Heading 1-6, Page title, Quote, Code) can have its own font, size, color, and spacing per notebook.
Slash menu	Built. Type "/" at the start of a line to insert a block, or use "Turn into" to change one.
Outline and headings	Built. Alt+Shift+Up and Alt+Shift+Down move a paragraph with its children, or a heading with its section.
Typing helpers	Built. Auto-replace, and Alt+Shift+D, T, and F to insert the date, the time, or both.
Paste shortcuts	Built. Paste a web address over selected words to make a link. Broken lines from PDFs are joined.
Page templates and series	Built. Start a page from a template, or make one a step in a series.
Markdown source view	Built. Show a page as Markdown text that you can edit.
Read aloud	Built. Read a page or selection with Windows voices, with each word highlighted.
Reading order	Built. See a page's items in the order that screen readers and Tab visit them.
Alt text	Built. Describe any image or object, or mark it as decorative.
Find and replace	Built. Find text across a page and replace it.
Word count and table of contents	Built. Count words and show a table of contents.
Extract and embed	Built. Pull out a section into a new page, merge pages, split a page, or embed one page inside another.

Every automatic change, such as a Markdown shortcut or AutoCorrect, is undone with one Ctrl+Z. Each helper can be turned off in Settings.

Good to know

• Your typed text is stored as Markdown, so it stays readable outside OpenNote through the page.md copy of each page.
• Read aloud never sends text anywhere. It only uses voices already on your PC.
• Ctrl+K adds a link when text is selected, and opens the command palette otherwise.

Related pages

• Keyboard shortcuts
• Ink and drawing, for mixing handwriting with text
• Accessibility, for reading order and alt text