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Roam Research

Roam Research

An innovative note app building thought networks, organically growing knowledge with block references and bidirectional links

Shortcuts for efficiently creating readable and beautiful notes with formatting and text decoration to highlight important information

Ctrl+B
Bold
Makes selected text bold.
💡 Hint: Bold
🎯 Used to emphasize important keywords or concepts and make them visually prominent
Ctrl+I
Italic
Makes selected text italic.
💡 Hint: Italic
🎯 Used to express supplementary information or quotes in italics to distinguish information types
Ctrl+H
Highlight
Highlights selected text.
💡 Hint: Highlight
🎯 Used to highlight particularly important information for easy retrieval later
Ctrl+Y
Strikethrough
Applies strikethrough to selected text.
💡 Hint: Y
🎯 Used to apply strikethrough to completed tasks or invalidated information to express status
Ctrl+K
Create link
Creates a link from selected text.
💡 Hint: Key (Link)
🎯 Used to convert selected text to external links and create references to reference materials
`
Inline code
Makes selected text an inline code block.
💡 Hint: Backtick (`)
🎯 Used to display technical terms or code snippets in monospace font for distinction
Ctrl+Alt+1
Heading level 1
Sets heading level 1.
💡 Hint: 1 (H1)
🎯 Used to set top-level headings and clarify main sections of pages
Ctrl+Alt+2
Heading level 2
Sets heading level 2.
💡 Hint: 2 (H2)
🎯 Used to set mid-level headings and organize topic classifications
Ctrl+Alt+3
Heading level 3
Sets heading level 3.
💡 Hint: 3 (H3)
🎯 Used to set detailed-level headings and structure subtopics
Ctrl+Alt+0
Reset heading or set to paragraph
Resets heading or sets to paragraph.
💡 Hint: 0 (Paragraph)
🎯 Used to reset headings and return to normal text