Writing a quick note

Start a note

1. On desktop Home, use the note card at the start of the collection. On a phone, choose Add note.
2. Write your words. You can use line breaks without sending a chat.
3. Choose Save note or Save. On a keyboard, Ctrl+Enter or Command+Enter saves the note.

Give it some shape

Start a line with # for a heading, ## for a smaller one, - for a list, 1. for a numbered list, [ ] for a to-do, or > for a quote. Type / at the start of a line to choose from the same kinds of line, plus code and a divider.

Select words to make them bold, a heading, a link, a to-do, or highlighted. On a phone, the same choices sit in a row under the note. Ctrl+B or Command+B makes words bold, and ==two equals signs== around words highlights them.

Your note is kept as plain words with these marks, so search, export and your answers read it as you wrote it.

Write in focus mode

For longer thoughts, open focus mode: the colorful sphere in the corner of the note, or Ctrl+Shift+F or Command+Shift+F while you write. The note fills the screen and everything else steps away.

It's the same draft, so leaving with Esc brings your words back to the small note. Controls step away while you type; move the pointer or use the keyboard to reach them again. On a phone they stay within reach. Save a new note with Save or Ctrl+Enter or Command+Enter.

Wait for the save to finish

A saved note becomes a card in your collection. In a Space, the note belongs to that Space; check the selected folder before saving if you are browsing inside one.

If saving fails, keep the draft and try again from the error. Words you add while an earlier save is pending remain a new draft rather than being erased by that save.

Home and each Space keep their own draft, so a note you started in one place is never saved into another. Drafts stay in this browser until you save them, and signing out clears them.

Return to it later

Open the note card to read or edit it. Newly saved notes can appear before processing has made all of their contents searchable. A quick note saves your words; Ask KayBi starts a conversation.