GitBook Guide: Create, Formatting your content

Format your content in various ways using the context menu or keyboard shortcuts

To format your text, simply select the words you want and choose one of the formats from the context menu — or format your text using a keyboard shortcut or through Markdown syntax.

We’ve written these shortcuts using Mac keys. Use Control in place of ⌘ (Command) on Windows or Linux operating systems. Check out our keyboard shortcuts section to see all the shortcuts for all operating systems.

Bold

Keyboard shortcut: ⌘ + B

Markdown

Copy

**Bold**

Italic

Keyboard shortcut : ⌘ + I

Markdown

Copy

_Italic_

Strikethrough

Keyboard shortcut: ⇧ + ⌘ + S

Markdown

Copy

~~Strikethrough~~

Code

Keyboard shortcut: ⌘ + E

Markdown

Copy

`Code`

Link

Keyboard shortcut: ⌘ + K

When you add a link to text on your page, you’ll be prompted to provide the link. You can add any URL, but if you’re linking to another page or section in your space, we recommend using a relative link.

This is a link to an external page.

This is a link to another page in this space.

This is a link to a section on this page.

This is a link that starts an email to a specific address.

Color and background color

Click the color icon in the context menu, and choose a color for the text or its background.

This text is orange.

This text background is orange.

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