Create and format a note

I want to …

… write a note, format it, and add links.

Before you start

Here's how

1. Open Notes in the navigation.
2. Tap New note at the top.
3. Type the Note title. The full-height editor sits below. Click or tap into the text and a blinking cursor shows where you type; an empty note shows Start writing….
4. Use the toolbar for bold, lists, and the five link types.
5. In a checklist or bullet list, Tab indents the line and Shift+Tab moves it back. Enter on an empty item or Backspace at the start of an item goes one level back; on the outermost level it turns into normal text. Backspace in an empty line deletes that line and moves into the line above.
6. #, ##, ###, ####, and @ work as they do on a task.
7. Watch the status in the app bar: Syncing… while changes travel, Saved once they are stored, Offline when there is no connection. On a phone only the icon shows there. Long-press it to see the text.
8. Tap the Done checkmark. It sends anything still pending and closes the note with one tap. Visibility, the Topic pill, and pin sit in the same bar. Topic lists the workspace topics and ends with New topic, which creates one and assigns it.
9. Back, another tab, the workspace switcher, or the timer light in the rail also leave the note and send pending changes first.
10. Only if changes cannot be sent within a few seconds – for example while offline or after a long break – Unsaved changes appears: Cancel stays, Discard leaves without them, Save tries again. The dialog waits for your choice as long as you need.
11. The note sits under All notes, newest change first. The list starts with the most recently changed notes. Load more brings in older ones.
12. Once the note has web links, the folded section Web links sits below the title. Tap it to open it. See "Use web links on tasks and notes".

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