Some questions have a Formatting toolbar above the answer box. Use it to structure a longer answer so it’s easy to read. Pick a tab for each kind of formatting.

Bold and italic

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   Click into your answer. Click Bold, type, then click Bold again to go back to plain text. Italic, Underline and Strikethrough work the same way.

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   You can combine them, for example Bold and Italic together.

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Keyboard shortcuts work too: Ctrl+B for bold, Ctrl+I for italic and Ctrl+U for underline (⌘ instead of Ctrl on a Mac).

Headings

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   Click into your answer, click Heading 1 and type a heading. Press Enter to go on in normal text.

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   Heading 2 makes a smaller heading, for parts of your answer.

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   To turn a line into a heading and back, click its heading button: once to turn it on, again to turn it off.

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Lists

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   Click into your answer and click Bulleted list. Press Enter after each item. Press Enter on an empty item to end the list.

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   Numbered list works the same way, and numbers the items for you.

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   To turn an item back into normal text, click the list button again.

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Alignment

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   Click into a line and click Align centre or Align right to move it. Align left moves it back.

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Links

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   Click Link, type the text to show and the web address, and click Insert link. You can leave out https://.

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   Or select some text you’ve already written. In the small toolbar that appears over it, click Add link, type the address and click Apply link.

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   To change a link, click it, click Edit link, change the address and press Enter.

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   To remove a link, click it and click Remove link. The text stays.

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Tables

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   Click Table to add a table with three columns and a header row. If you change your mind, click in it, open Table options and click Delete table.

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   Click Table again. Type into a cell and press Tab to move to the next one.

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   To add or remove rows and columns, click in a cell next to where you want them and open Table options: Add row before or after, Add column before or after, Delete row and Delete column.

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   Toggle header row, Toggle header column and Toggle header cell turn cells into headings, or back into normal cells.

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   To merge cells, drag across them to select them, then click Merge cells in Table options. Split cell splits them again.

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You can also mention people and link to other things on SimplyDo as you type:

• Type @ and the start of a name to mention a colleague.
• Type $ and the start of a name to link to an idea, challenge or group.
• Type : and a word to add an emoji, for example :car:.

Click Formatting help at the end of the toolbar for a reminder. To add pictures and documents, see Add images and files to an answer.