Bear Cheatsheet

Note-taking app shortcuts (macOS/iOS)

Shortcuts
Contents
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Notes

⌘N             New note
βŒ˜β‡§N            New note in new window
⌘⌫             Delete note (Trash)
⌘P             Pin/unpin note
βŒ˜β‡§A            Archive note
⌘D             Duplicate note
βŒ˜β‡§M            Move note to tag
βŒ˜β‡§P            Print note

# Note info
⌘I             Show note info
(word count, created, modified)
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Editing

⌘Z             Undo
βŒ˜β‡§Z            Redo
⌘C / ⌘V       Copy / Paste
⌘βŒ₯V            Paste as plain text
⌘A             Select all
⌘βŒ₯T            Insert todo
⌘K             Insert link
βŒ˜β‡§V            Insert file

# Fold/unfold
⌘βŒ₯←            Fold heading
⌘βŒ₯β†’            Unfold heading
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Markdown Formatting

⌘B             Bold     **text**
⌘I             Italic   _text_
⌘U             Underline  ~text~
βŒ˜β‡§S            Strikethrough  -text-
⌘1-6           Heading 1-6  ## text
⌘L             Unordered list  - item
βŒ˜β‡§L            Ordered list    1. item
⌘βŒ₯C            Code block  ```code```
βŒ˜β‡§E            Inline code  `code`
⌘'             Quote block  > text
βŒ˜β‡§U            Toggle markup visibility

# Special markers
::marker::     Highlight text
[x] / [ ]      Todo checkbox
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Tags & Search

# Tags (use # in note body)
#work          Simple tag
#work/project  Nested tag
#multi word#   Multi-word tag

# Search
βŒ˜β‡§F            Search all notes
⌘F             Search within note

# Search operators
@title(text)   Search in titles
@text(text)    Search in body
@tagged        Notes with tags
@untagged      Untagged notes
@todo          Notes with todos
@today         Modified today
@files         Notes with files
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Export

# Export formats
Markdown (.md)
HTML
PDF
DOCX
JPEG (image)
TextBundle

# Export
βŒ˜β‡§S            Export note
File β†’ Export Notes

# Import
File β†’ Import Notes
Supports: Markdown, TextBundle,
Evernote, DayOne, other apps

# Sync
iCloud sync across devices
Bear Pro for all export formats