Description Field
All users (except for collaborators) can edit the description field of the task, folder, or project.
The description field is a real-time live editor available in tasks, folders, and projects. Information in the description field is automatically and instantly saved so that you and your teammates can work on the same item at the same time and see the changes you make in real time. When someone else is editing the same description, you'll see a cursor with the name of the user who's making changes.
You can access the description field from Item View, Project Item View, or Folder Item View.
Once you place your cursor in the description field of a task, folder, or project, the formatting tools panel appears above the description field. Use the icons on the panel to edit and format the description.
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Adds heading formatting to text |
Select text, click the Header icon, and select a heading from the drop-down menu. |
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Bolds text |
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Italicizes text |
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Underlines text |
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Adds a strikethrough to text |
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Highlights text and changes its color. Resets text to default: black symbols on a white background |
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Creates a new tasklist or converts existing text in a tasklist. In tasklists, each item has a checkbox next to it; when you check the box, the item is grayed out |
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Creates a new numbered list or converts existing text into a numbered list |
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Creates a new bulleted list or converts existing text into a bulleted list |
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The first button makes the line of text indented. The second one unindents it |
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Hyperlinks highlighted text |
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Inserts image in the description |
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Insert Table |
Creates a new table in the description |
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AI |
Create or improve your description with AI |
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Reverses your last action in the description field |
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Reverses your last Undo action |
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Opens the window showing all changes made to the description field |
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Tip
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Select some text before using formatting tools to apply formatting to the text.
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To avoid the automatic conversion of *, -, [], and numbers followed by a dot into bulleted and numbered list items and checklists, hold the Shift key before pressing Space on your keyboard. Alternatively, use the Undo button on the panel or Ctrl+Z on the keyboard to undo the automatic conversion.
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Use the Indent button to turn items within your numbered and bulleted lists into a sublist. Unindent reverses this action.
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Select the text in the description field, and when it’s highlighted, press Ctrl+V (or Cmd+V on a Mac) to add the copied link to the selected text.