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| description: Annotate your workflows using sticky notes. |
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| # Sticky Notes |
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| Sticky Notes allow you to annotate and comment on your workflows. |
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| n8n recommends using Sticky Notes heavily, especially on [template workflows](/glossary.md#template-n8n), to help other users understand your workflow. |
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| ## Create a Sticky Note |
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| Sticky Notes are a core node. To add a new Sticky Note: |
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| 1. Open the nodes panel. |
| 2. Search for `note`. |
| 3. Click the **Sticky Note** node. n8n adds a new Sticky Note to the canvas. |
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| ## Edit a Sticky Note |
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| 1. Double click the Sticky Note you want to edit. |
| 2. Write your note. [This guide](https://commonmark.org/help/) explains how to format your text with Markdown. n8n uses [markdown-it](https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it), which implements the CommonMark specification. |
| 3. Click away from the note, or press `Esc`, to stop editing. |
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| ## Change the color |
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| To change the Sticky Note color: |
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| 1. Hover over the Sticky Note |
| 1. Select **Change color** <span class="inline-image">{.off-glb}</span> |
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| ## Sticky Note positioning |
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| You can: |
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| * Drag a Sticky Note anywhere on the canvas. |
| * Drag Sticky Notes behind nodes. You can use this to visually group nodes. |
| * Resize Sticky Notes by hovering over the edge of the note and dragging to resize. |
| * Change the color: select **Options** <span class="inline-image">{.off-glb}</span> to open the color selector. |
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| ## Writing in Markdown |
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| Sticky Notes support Markdown formatting. This section describes some common options. |
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| The text in double asterisks will be **bold** |
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| The text in single asterisks will be *italic* |
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| Use # to indicate headings: |
| # This is a top-level heading |
| ## This is a sub-heading |
| ### This is a smaller sub-heading |
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| You can add links: |
| [Example](https://example.com/) |
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| Create lists with asterisks: |
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| * Item one |
| * Item two |
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| Or created ordered lists with numbers: |
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| 1. Item one |
| 2. Item two |
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| For a more detailed guide, refer to [CommonMark's help](https://commonmark.org/help/). n8n uses [markdown-it](https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it), which implements the CommonMark specification. |
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| ## Make images full width |
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| You can force images to be 100% width of the sticky note by appending `#full-width` to the filename: |
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