Aha! Notebooks | Keyboard shortcuts

Efficiency is key to crafting impactful documents, building a wiki, or visualizing your plans. Keyboard shortcuts in Aha! Notebooks save you time when editing notes and whiteboards — so you can spend more time strategizing and collaborating with your team.

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Format text
Use markdown formatting
Whiteboard shortcuts

Format text

Aha! Notebooks supports both standard and Markdown formatting in the text editor.

Aha! Notebooks function	Mac shortcut	Windows shortcut
Header 1	Cmd+Opt+1	Ctrl+Alt+1
Header 2	Cmd+Opt+2	Ctrl+Alt+2
Header 3	Cmd+Opt+3	Ctrl+Alt+3
Header 4	Cmd+Opt+4	Ctrl+Alt+4
Header 5	Cmd+Opt+5	Ctrl+Alt+5
Header 6	Cmd+Opt+6	Ctrl+Alt+6
Bold text	Cmd+B	Ctrl+B
Italicize text	Cmd+I	Ctrl+I
Underline text	Cmd+U	Ctrl+U
Left align text	Cmd+Shift+L	Ctrl+Shift+L
Center align text	Cmd+Shift+C	Ctrl+Shift+R
Right align text	Cmd+Shift+R	Ctrl+Shift+C
Justify align text	Cmd+Shift+J	Ctrl+Shift+J
Create bulleted list	*+Space -+Space	*+Space -+Space
Create numbered list	1.+Space	1.+Space
Insert code snippet	Cmd+/	Ctrl+/
Insert horizontal line	Cmd+-	Ctrl+-
Clear text formatting	Cmd+\	Ctrl+\
Fullscreen text editor view	Cmd+Shift+Enter	Ctrl+Shift+Enter

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Use Markdown formatting

Aha! Notebooks uses a subset of Markdown that does not include every Markdown syntax.

Aha! Notebooks function	Markdown shortcut
Bold text	__text__ text
Italicize text	_text_ text
Strikethrough text	~text~ ~~text~~
Insert hyperlink	[link text](link URL)
Header 1	#+Space
Header 2	##+Space
Header 3	###+Space
Header 4	####+Space
Quote format	>+Space
Insert code snippet	`text`
Insert preformatted code block	```
Exit preformatted code block	Arrow keys Shift+Enter
Checklist	[]+Space
Numbered list	1.+Space
Bulleted list	-+Space

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Whiteboard shortcuts

There are various shortcuts you can use to navigate and select options from your whiteboard's toolbar.

Aha! Notebooks function	Keyboard shortcut
Select the Pointer	`
Select the Text option	T
Select your last used Shape	S
Select the Sticky note option	N
Select the Connector option	C
Select the Pen option	P
Select the Frame option	F
Select the Stamp emoji	E
Add an Image	I
Navigate to the previous frame	<
Navigate to the next frame	>
Format text to paragraph styling	Command or Control + Option + P
Duplicate an object	Alt or Option + drag
Bring object to front	Command or Control + ]
Send object to back	Command or Control + [
Zoom to fit all objects	Command or Control + R
Move a selected object	Arrow key
Move a selected object more	Shift + arrow key

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