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💡 Only need the essentials? Check out Seven of our Favorite Amplenote Shortcuts.

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link📍 Navigation

Shortcuts for moving between notes and linking to notes.

linkQuick Open

Navigate by note titles, recent notes, or tag hierarchy. More on Quick Open here: How do I use Quick Open navigation?.

linkOpen Peek Viewer

Check out the Peek Viewer: Sidebar for multi-note viewing.

LINUX/WINDOWS
Ctrl-J

MAC
Cmd-J

linkOpen a note inside the Peek Viewer

LINUX/WINDOWS
Ctrl-Click on a note or note link
Ctrl-Enter when in Quick Open

MAC
Cmd-Click on a note or note link
Cmd-Enter when in Quick Open

Notes can also be dragged from the note list and into the Peek Viewer pane.

linkCreate a new note

LINUX/WINDOWS
Ctrl-Alt-N

MAC
Cmd-Alt-N

linkVisit link at cursor

LINUX/WINDOWS
Ctrl-Shift-. (think Ctrl->)
Ctrl-Space

MAC
Cmd-Shift-. (think Cmd->)
Ctrl-Space

linkReturn to the previous note

LINUX/WINDOWS
Ctrl-Shift-, (think Ctrl-<)

MAC
Cmd-Shift-, (think Cmd-<)

In most cases, you can also use your browser's "back" shortcut, which tends to be

LINUX/WINDOWS
Alt-Left arrow

MAC
Cmd-[

link🔗 Note linking

Create a new or link to an existing note Demo

LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Ctrl-[ or [
Available when text is selected

Create or link to an existing note, transferring all the tags from the current note. Read more or see demo

LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Shift-Ctrl-[ (aka Ctrl-{)
Available when text is selected

Link to a new or existing note

TEXT
[[Hello world note]]
[[deeply nested/tag hierarchy/Cool new note title]]
[[personal/memories/holidays/December 25, 2020]]

link🖥️ Display & Layout

Increase or decrease the number of panes shown

LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Alt-[ and Alt-]

link✅ Tasks

All of the following shortcuts apply when the cursor is inside a task.

The easiest way to remember most of the Task Context shortcuts is that the first letter/number of the task context, plus Alt-Shift on Linux/Windows or Ctrl on macOS. We'll run down each of those individually below, but just think of them as the first letter/number.

Most task-related operations can be achieved Using the Keyboard-driven ! Task Commands Menu.

linkCreate a task

LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
[] <-- Start a line with empty brackets followed by space to create a task :-)

Alternately, you can press Ctrl-Enter twice on any block. The first press will transform your current block into a bullet list item; the second press will transform it into a task:

LINUX, MAC, & WINDOWS
Ctrl-Enter

MAC
Cmd-Enter

linkMark task complete

Read about task completion: Creating tasks & to-do lists, and configuring task options#✅ Completing tasks.

LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Ctrl-Space or !complete

linkDismiss task

Read about task dismissal: Creating tasks & to-do lists, and configuring task options#✏️ Dismissing tasks.

LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Alt-Shift-Space or !dismiss

Tasks can also be dismissed by holding Alt and clicking the task's checkbox.

linkCross out task

Read about crossing out tasks: Creating tasks & to-do lists, and configuring task options#☑️ Crossing out tasks.

LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Shift-Ctrl-Space or !cross-out

Tasks can also be crossed out by holding Shift and clicking the task's checkbox.

linkOpen/close Task Details

LINUX/WINDOWS
Ctrl-.

MAC
Cmd-.

TAB to navigate between fields
SPACE to select

linkMark task Urgent

LINUX/WINDOWS
Alt-Shift-U

MAC
Ctrl-U

LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
!urgent

Alternately, tasks can be marked "Urgent" Using the Keyboard-driven ! Task Commands Menu

linkMark task Important

LINUX/WINDOWS
Alt-Shift-I

MAC
Ctrl-I

LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
!important

Alternately, tasks can be marked "Important" Using the Keyboard-driven ! Task Commands Menu

linkMark task duration

LINUX/WINDOWS
Alt-Shift-[First number]

MAC
Ctrl-[First number]

LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
!duration

Alternately, task duration can be designated Using the Keyboard-driven ! Task Commands Menu

linkCreate a new line in a task

LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Shift-Enter

linkPaste into a task

LINUX/WINDOWS
Ctrl-Shift-V

MAC
Cmd-Shift-V

linkExpand or collapse sub-tasks

LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Ctrl-,

Works when cursor resides within the parent task.

link🔮 Evaluation (calculator)

Amplenote can evaluate various quantities via the following text incantations.

Make sure to type the closing } bracket manually in order to trigger the evaluation of the expression inside.

Math calculation, e.g., 2 314.15

{1+1}
{pi*10**2}

linkDate and time calculation

💡 Quick tip: date and time calculation works in the Ctrl-O Quick-open menu too! Try it out or read more at How do I use Quick Open navigation?#Jump to a Daily Jot using date expansion.

Relative date calculation

{Today}
{Tomorrow}
{Yesterday}

Absolute dates

{Monday}
{The weekend}
{September}
{October 31st}
{Oct 31}

Past and future dates

{Next monday}
{Last week}
{Next year}
{In 14 days}
{A month ago}

Time calculation

{Now}
{10 minutes ago}
{In three hours}
{9 pm}
{21:30}

Date and time calculation

{Today at 8pm}
{Tomorrow at 10:45}
{Tuesday 22:00}
{Mar 12 8am}

link🎨 Formatting

Most of these are available via the formatting toolbar when viewing note content. We've sorted roughly in order of how often they come in handy.

linkRich Footnotes

Link or Rich Footnote

LINUX/WINDOWS
Ctrl-K

MAC
Cmd-K

TEXT
[Link](https://www.amplenote.com)

Jump in or out of Rich Footnotes

LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Tab

Tab is the quickest way to start editing a Rich Footnote. When your cursor is over a Footnote's text, Tab enters the RF editor for you. When your cursor is inside the RF, Tab saves the changes you made to the RF and minimizes it for you.

linkOther text formatting

Emoji 😄 🐶 🏀🎉

TEXT
:emoji-name:

Task List

TEXT
[ ] Do this

Tab to indent, Shift-Tab to outdent
Ctrl-. or Cmd-. (⌘.) to expand Task Detail panel
Shift-Ctrl-Up and Shift-Ctrl-Down to move tasks up or down in a list

See also the ✅ Tasks section above.

Highlighted text

TEXT
^highlighted text^

Bullet list

TEXT
* text
- text

LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Ctrl-Enter 

Tab to indent, Shift-Tab to outdent
Shift-Ctrl-Up and Shift-Ctrl-Down to move items up or down in a list

Expand or collapse list items (bullet, numeric or task)

LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Ctrl-,

Works when your cursor is in a task, bullet, or numeric list item with sub-bullets underneath it.

Numbered list

TEXT
1. text

Tab to indent, Shift-Tab to outdent
Shift-Ctrl-Up and Shift-Ctrl-Down to move items up or down in a list

Note that ordered lists can begin with numbers other than 1

Block Quote

LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Shift-Ctrl-> 

TEXT
> text

Code Snippet

LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Ctrl-` 

TEXT
`text`

Code Block

LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Shift-Ctrl-\

TEXT
```
text
```

Strikethrough text

TEXT
~Strikethrough text~

Undo

LINUX/WINDOWS
Ctrl-Z

MAC
Cmd-Z ⌘z

Redo

LINUX/WINDOWS
Shift-Ctrl-Z

MAC
Shift-Cmd-Z ⇧⌘z

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Bold Text

LINUX/WINDOWS
Ctrl-B

MAC
Cmd-B ⌘b

TEXT
*text*

Italic Text

LINUX/WINDOWS
Ctrl-I

MAC
Cmd-I ⌘i

TEXT
_text_

linkHeader 1

LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Shift-Ctrl-1

TEXT
# text

linkHeader 2

LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Shift-Ctrl-2

TEXT
## text

linkHeader 3

LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Shift-Ctrl-3

TEXT
### text

Convert header to standard paragraph

LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Shift-Ctrl-0

Horizontal Line

LINUX & WINDOWS
Shift+Ctrl+-

MAC
Shift+Cmd+-

TEXT
---

linkCreate a hard break/new line inside the current block

LINUX, MAC & WINDOWS
Shift-Enter

link🤼 Mix and match

Note that you can combine inline styling (bold, italic, strikethrough, code snippets, and links/rich footnotes) to block elements (headers, list items, and block quotes).

linkHere's an example of inline styling applied to a block element

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