How to Bold Text in Notion : 3 Easy ways

While taking notes it’s quite common to Bold text. We can bold text in Notion in two easy ways. Let’s find out How to bold text in Notion.

Below are the steps to bold text in Notion.

  1. Open a new Notion page or an existing
  2. Select the text which needs to be bold or write some text
  3. Use one of following methods:
    • Select the text which you want to see in Bold and click on the “B” option in the formatting menu
    • Simply type two astericks ** symbol before and after the text to make it bold
    • Use keyboard shortcuts ctrl/+ b  in windows and cmd + b in Mac.
  4. Your text should now be bold

Step by Step Guide : How to bold text in Notion

Step 1: Open a new Notion page or an existing

How to Bold Text in Notion

The quickest way to bold text in notion is using the text formatting bar

Bold text in Notion using the text formatting bar

  • Select the text which you want to see in Bold under your Notion Page.
  • Once you select the text you will see a formatting bar on top of it with various options like text, Link, Comment, Bold, etc.
  • Click on the Bold option in the formatting bar.
  • The selected text will now be highlighted

Bold text in notion using Asterisks symbol *

  • Simply type two astericks ** symbol before and after the text to make it bold

for example: Let’s say we want to highlight the following text.

The future belongs to those

Then we need to type ** The future belongs to those**

Bold text using keyboard Shortcut

You can also bold text using the keyboard shortcut.

  • Windows – Select the text and use the control key in combination with B

ctrl + b = bold.

  • Mac :Select the text and use the cmd key in combination with b

cmd + b = bold.

We hope this tutorial was helpful.

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