Every page you create in Notion is a fresh canvas. You can add whatever content you want. Follow these steps to master our most important creation tools ✍️

• 1. Create a new page
• 2. Start writing
• 3. Give your writing some style
• 4. Access options
• 5. Try a slash command
• 6. Move your content around 🏗
• 7. Dress up your page

1. Create a new page

• Hover over your sidebar and you'll see several + buttons appear. Click any of them.
• Or, at the bottom of your sidebar, click + New Page.
• Or, use the shortcut cmd/ctrl + n.

• A brand new page will pop up with options to view templates or pick a type of page to build.
• For now, give your page a title and press enter, which will give you a fresh, empty page.

2. Start writing

• Just start typing. You'll notice other features fade away, leaving you with your thoughts.

3. Give your writing some style

• Highlight any text to bring up this menu of style tools:

• Make your type bold, italics or strikethrough. All the usual shortcuts apply →
• Turn text into a hyperlink with Link or format it as code with <>.
• Change text color or highlighting with the dropdown menu A.
• You can also change text font and size from the upper right ••• menu on your page (along with page width):

4. Access options

• To delete, duplicate, move, color, transform, or copy an anchor link to a specific block of content, hit the ⋮⋮ icon that appears to the left on hover. Or right click on the block.
• A menu will pop up that looks like this:

• The Turn Into option lets you transform a block into another type of block. For example, here's how you'd turn this text block into a quote block:

5. Try a slash command

• Typing / brings up your menu of content options.
• Add any type of block by typing / and scrolling to the one you want or typing its name. For instance, /h1 creates a large heading, and /todo creates a checkbox.
• Try this out. Add two H2 headers one under the other. Like this:

• Now let's add a bulleted list under one of them using /bullet.

• In your list, press Tab to indent and add sub-bullets.
• Use / to create new pages inside your page, add an embed, upload a file, add color to a block (i.e. /red), and more. For instance, here's what it would look like to add an image:

6. Move your content around 🏗

• Anything in Notion can be moved with drag-and-drop. Just click and hold the ⋮⋮ icon that appears to the left of a block on hover — it's your handle for dragging!
• Create columns with drag-and-drop, like this:

• Use drag-and-drop to rearrange and remix your thoughts. Any text or block can be picked up and dragged wherever you want it.

7. Dress up your page

• Give your page some personality with an icon or cover.
• Hover over the top of your page to see these options.

• Choose an emoji icon for your page to make it memorable 🙌
• Add a cover to bring more art into your work.

• You can upload your own icons and images to pages too — like your logo or photos you love!

Something we didn't cover? Message us in the app by clicking ? at the bottom right on desktop (or in your sidebar on mobile). Or email us at team@makenotion.com ✌️