RemNote provides various text formatting options to structure your notes. This structure can help make your notes more functional and attractive and make it easier to re-orient yourself when returning to old notes.
Formatting within a bullet
To format within a bullet, select the text you want to edit using the mouse or keyboard. A toolbar will appear with formatting options.
The main toolbar includes:
Bold, Italics, and Underline — standard text formatting options, accessible directly from the toolbar.
Inline Code — wraps the selected text in a code-style format, useful for technical content.
Highlight / Text Color — click the color button (A with a colored dot) in the toolbar to change the color of the selected text.
LaTeX — click the Σ button in the toolbar to insert an inline math equation. See Writing Equations with LaTeX for details.
Links — add a hyperlink to the selected text.
Additional formatting options are available under the … menu:
Superscript and Subscript — useful for footnotes, exponents, and chemical formulas. See Adding Superscripts and Subscripts for more details.
Strikethrough — draws a line through the selected text, handy for marking completed items or outdated information.
Reference — converts the selected text into a Reference.
Tag — converts the selected text into a Tag (you can also type
##while writing).
Each option also has keyboard shortcuts for quick editing. You can see the shortcut by hovering over the relevant button in the toolbar. Format text as you type using Markdown-like syntax, such as surrounding text with single asterisks (e.g., *text*) to create bold text, or press the asterisk key twice to begin typing in bold.
For a full list, see Keyboard Shortcuts.
Changing the bullet Type
You can change how a bullet is displayed by clicking the Plain Text dropdown at the left side of the toolbar.
This opens the "Turn Into" menu, where you can convert the current bullet into:
Heading 1, 2, or 3 (and more heading levels via "More Headings")
Numbered List item. Bullets can also be toggled between displaying a bullet point or a number with
/list itemor Ctrl+Alt+L shortcut (Cmd+Opt+L on a Mac)Todo List item
Quote block
You can also access these options from the keyboard by typing / followed by the format name (for example, /h1 or /todo), or by using keyboard shortcuts like Ctrl+Alt+1 (Cmd+Opt+1 on a Mac) for Heading 1.
Formatting an entire bullet
Some formatting options apply to whole bullets, rather than specific text with in it: headings and whole-bullet background highlights. To select these, click the Six-Dot Bullet-Grabber and select the appropriate Heading or Highlight option from the menu.
You can also select these formatting options from the keyboard by typing / anywhere in the bullet. For example, you can add a green highlight by typing /green.
Hiding bullet points
The bullet point to the left of a bullet can also be hidden entirely to display your document in a more traditional bullet-less style. To hide the bullet, use /no bullet. See Hiding Bullets for more details.
