Useful keyboard shortcuts

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Open Notion’s command menu to quickly add new blocks. (Type the name of the block after the slash to search for it.)

<aside> <img src="/icons/refresh-reverse_blue.svg" alt="/icons/refresh-reverse_blue.svg" width="40px" /> /turn

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Turn the current block into a different block type. (e.g., turn normal text into a heading).

<aside> <img src="/icons/search_blue.svg" alt="/icons/search_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Cmd / Ctrl + P

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Search the entire Notion workspace for a page or block.

<aside> <img src="/icons/copy_blue.svg" alt="/icons/copy_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Cmd / Ctrl + D

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Duplicate a block or page.

<aside> <img src="/icons/playback-previous_blue.svg" alt="/icons/playback-previous_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Cmd / Ctrl + [

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Go back to the previous page.

(Or tap ] to go forward a page.)

<aside> <img src="/icons/moon_blue.svg" alt="/icons/moon_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Cmd / Ctrl + Shift + L

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Toggle dark/light mode.

<aside> <img src="/icons/priority-high_blue.svg" alt="/icons/priority-high_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Cmd / Ctrl + Shift + Up

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Move the current block above the previous one. Hold down Cmd / Ctrl + Shift while tapping the Up key to continue moving the block.

<aside> <img src="/icons/priority-low_blue.svg" alt="/icons/priority-low_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Cmd / Ctrl + Shift + Down

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Move the current block below the previous one. Hold down Cmd / Ctrl + Shift while tapping the Down key to continue moving the block.

<aside> <img src="/icons/new-document_blue.svg" alt="/icons/new-document_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Cmd / Ctrl + ⌥ Opt + 9

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Create a new page.

💡 Pro tip: Highlight any text, then use this keyboard shortcut to automatically create a page with the highlighted text as the title!

<aside> <img src="/icons/priority-high_blue.svg" alt="/icons/priority-high_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Shift + > + Space

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Place your cursor at the beginning of a text or heading block, then use this shortcut to turn the block into a toggle.

💡 Pro tip: Using this shortcut on a heading block will usually add any plain text blocks below it to the toggle automatically!

<aside> <img src="/icons/info-alternate_blue.svg" alt="/icons/info-alternate_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Cmd / Ctrl + Shift + H

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Apply the most recently used text or background color to highlighted text.

Useful blocks

<aside> <img src="/icons/table_blue.svg" alt="/icons/table_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Linked database

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Display a database anywhere in Notion. Copy an existing view, add a new view for an existing database, or create a new database.

<aside> <img src="/icons/info-alternate_blue.svg" alt="/icons/info-alternate_blue.svg" width="40px" /> To add, just type /linked at the beginning of a new block and select “Linked view of database” from the menu.

• Toggle to see a live linked database block. </aside>

<aside> <img src="/icons/cursor-click_blue.svg" alt="/icons/cursor-click_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Buttons (Block)

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Set up mini, multi-step automations to run in Notion when a button is clicked:

• Insert blocks above or below the button
• Add or edit pages in a database
• Open pages (including the page you just added)
• Show a confirmation message

<aside> <img src="/icons/refresh-reverse_blue.svg" alt="/icons/refresh-reverse_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Turn into page in

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Create a new page, subpage, or database entry from plain text. The text will become the title of the new page.

To use, highlight text, or type /turn into anywhere in the block. Hover over “Turn into page in”, then select the page or database where you’d like the new page to live.

💡 Pro tip: To create a new page in a database with a template automatically applied, search for the name of a database template (e.g., Blog post) and choose an option from the “Add from template” list, below “Suggested”.

<aside> <img src="/icons/network_blue.svg" alt="/icons/network_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Synced blocks

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Sync the same block (or set of blocks) across multiple pages. Any changes made in a synced block will appear in all other synced blocks.

Database features & properties

<aside> <img src="/icons/flash_blue.svg" alt="/icons/flash_blue.svg" width="40px" /> Feel free to play around with the demo table below to learn your way around Notion’s database features & properties!

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