Speare allows you to create many different types of content on a page such as headers, lists, images, etc. Each piece of content on a page is called a block. You can choose which type of block you want to create using the command menu.
How to Format Blocks Using the Command Menu
To see a list of block types and text formatting options, type a / anywhere on a page. This will bring up the command menu. When you choose the option you want, the command menu and the / will automatically disappear.
Pro tip: You can filter the options in the command menu by typing the name of the option you want after the forward slash like this: /heading 1 , /numbered list , /image , etc.
How to Switch Block Types
There are two ways to transform the formatting style of a text block in Speare.
Method 1 — Use the Command Menu
Type a
/inside the block. This will open the Command menu.Choose the formatting option you want to switch to.
Method 2 — Use the Block Menu
Hover over the left edge of the block
Click on the 6-dot icon that appears next to the block
Choose the formatting option you want to switch to.
Formatting with Markdown
You can also format text content on pages using Markdown, a markup language for formatting and styling text. See our Markdown cheatsheet for a full list of all Markdown shortcuts in Speare.
Here's a quick example of how Markdown works. In the image below, a Heading 1 is being created by typing a # and Space at the beginning of a paragraph block.
Pro tip: You can see a list of Markdown shortcuts for each of the formatting options by typing a / anywhere on a page.
Text Styling
To apply styling such as bold and italics to text, do the following:
Select the text you want to style (this will make the text editing toolbar appear).
Choose which styles you want to apply.
Here are the styles you can currently apply:
Bold
Italics
Underline
Strikethrough
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