Text formatting

When to use

Text and block formats in Workflowy help you add clarity and style to your notes. You can bold key points, italicize thoughts, add headings for structure, create checklists, code blocks, quotes, and more—all without leaving the keyboard. Whether you’re drafting an outline, writing a blog post, or organizing research, formatting keeps your content clear, expressive, and easy to scan.

Format inline text

Most text format options are available from the 'text format widget' that appears when you select any piece of text.

All text formats have keyboard shortcuts. You can see them by hovering over an option in the text format widget.

Format blocks

Some block-level formats are available from the text format widget, while others are available as slash commands. You can also create some formats by typing their Markdown marker—for example, type > followed by a space to create a quote block.

Inline text formats

Inline text formats can be applied to any words within a line of text. All of these formats are available in the text format widget.

• Bold
• Underline
• Italic
• Strikethrough
• Inline code
• Link
• Text color
• Text highlight

Block-level formats

Block-level formats affect the structure or presentation of a chunk of text, rather than individual words.

Available in the text format widget.

• H1
• H2
• H3

Available as slash commands.

• H1
• H2
• H3
• Paragraph
• To-do
• Quote
• Code Block
• Divider
• Board
• Bullets
• AI Node

Available from the 'Turn into ...' dropdown.

• H1
• H2
• H3
• Paragraph
• To-do
• Board
• Quote
• Code Block
• Divider
• AI Node

Available by typing their markdown marker plus a space.

• H1 - #
• H2 - ##
• H3 - ###
• Quote - >
• To-do - [ ]
• Divider - ---