> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: /help/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Write notes and link them to your goals > Write with headings, lists and checklists, add images and files, and keep each note with its goal or life area. Covers the / menu and file size limits. Notes are pages for everything that isn't a to-do: a training plan, meeting notes, a reading list, ideas you're still working through. Write with headings, lists and checklists, add images, videos and files, and link a note to a goal or life area so it sits next to the work it belongs to. This page covers finding and creating notes, formatting, uploads, linking, and deleting. ![The Notes page with notes grouped under the life areas Sport & Health, Work & Career, Money & Finance, Home & Environment and Growth & Learning, such as Training plan, weeks 1 to 12 and Race day checklist under Sport & Health, each with its icon and when it was last updated](https://mintcdn.com/heym/n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj/images/notes/notes-list.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj\&q=85\&s=4b5ab9a594f947caf594f6cb30fd5ddc) Notes, grouped by life area and sorted by when they were last changed ## Find your notes Click **Notes** under **My Life** in the sidebar, or press **G** then **N**. The list shows each note's name, its labels and when it was last updated. To find a note by its title from anywhere, use search (**⌘K**). Click **View settings** (the sliders button next to **New note**) to change the list: | Option | Choices | | - | - | | **Sort** | **Manual**, **Name**, **Created** or **Last updated** (the default). Choose the active option again to flip the order. | | **Group** | **None**, **Life area** (the default), **Goal** or **Label**. | | **Open in** | **Full page** (the default) opens a note in place of the list. **Center peek** opens it in a window on top of the list. | ![The View settings menu on the Notes page with Sort set to Last updated, Group set to Life area, and Open in showing the choices Full page, which is checked, and Center peek](https://mintcdn.com/heym/n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj/images/notes/open-in-menu.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj\&q=85\&s=a51df5648fed61b77f2e876dd8eca5d3) To arrange notes by hand, drag a note by the handle that appears left of its name when you point at it. If the list is sorted another way, Heym first asks **Would you like to remove sorting?** Click **Remove** to switch to **Manual**. With **Group** set to **Life area** or **Goal**, dragging a note into another group links it to that life area or goal. Grouped by **Label**, dragging only changes the order. ## Create a note **1. Open Notes** In the sidebar, click **Notes**. **2. Click New note** Click **New note** at the top right. The note opens with the cursor in the title. **3. Write** Type a title, then press **Enter** to move down into the body and start writing. Heym saves the title and body when you click away or close the note. You can also start a note from **New note** on Home, or from a goal or life area: open its page, find the **Notes** section and click **Add note**. A note started there is linked to that goal or life area for you. ![The note Training plan, weeks 1 to 12, open as a page. Above the title are Remove icon and Hide properties. Below it, Alignment shows the goal Run my first half-marathon and Labels shows Empty. The body has headings, paragraphs, a checklist with two items checked, and a quote](https://mintcdn.com/heym/n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj/images/notes/note-page.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj\&q=85\&s=d1ca79470d4f67837b2cd3b4c3cdc66f) A note opened as a full page, with Alignment and Labels showing ## Format your writing Type `/` at the start of a line to open the block menu. Pick a block, or keep typing to filter the list. ![The block menu open under a new line in a note, listing Text, Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3, Bulleted list, Numbered list, To-do list and Quote, with the typing shortcut for each on the right](https://mintcdn.com/heym/n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj/images/notes/slash-menu.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=n5OvCilbUvjGlsuj\&q=85\&s=b182e28b632ef8352b5c76c949a2f686) The menu has **Text**, **Heading 1**, **Heading 2**, **Heading 3**, **Bulleted list**, **Numbered list**, **To-do list**, **Quote**, **Divider**, **Media**, **Code block** and **File**. Scroll it to see them all. You can also type these at the start of a line: | Type | You get | | - | - | | `#`, `##` or `###`, then **Space** | Heading 1, 2 or 3 | | `-` then **Space** | Bulleted list | | `1.` then **Space** | Numbered list | | `[]` then **Space** | To-do list (a checklist) | | `>` then **Space** | Quote | | ` ``` ` then **Space** | Code block | | `---` | Divider | Inside a line, `**bold**`, `*italic*`, `` `code` `` and `~~strikethrough~~` format the text as you type. To format words you've already written, select them. A small toolbar appears with bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, code and link. Links have to start with `http://` or `https://`. Keyboard shortcuts for all of these are in [Keyboard shortcuts](/help/keyboard-shortcuts.md). > [!TIP] > > Pasting text written in Markdown works too. Heym turns its headings, lists, checklists, quotes and links into formatted blocks. ## Add images, videos and files * **Media** in the `/` menu: choose an image or a video from your computer. You can also drag an image or video into the note, or paste it. * **File** in the `/` menu: attach a document such as a PDF, a Word or Excel file, a CSV or text file, or a ZIP archive. Click the file in the note to open it, or use its download button. Images can be JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP or SVG. Videos can be MP4, WebM or MOV. Point at an image for **Full screen**, **Download**, **Copy image** and **Delete**. Videos have **Download** and **Delete**. Each file can be up to **5 MB** on the Free plan and up to **50 MB** on Pro. A bigger file isn't uploaded, and Heym tells you why, for example "Your file is over the 5 MB limit of the Free plan." ## Link a note to a goal or life area 1. Open the note and point at the space just above the title. 2. Click **Show properties**. 3. Under **Alignment**, choose a goal or a life area. The note now appears in the **Notes** section on that goal's or life area's page. A goal's section also includes notes linked to its subgoals, and a life area's section includes notes linked to the goals in that area. See [Goals](/help/goals.md) and [Life areas](/help/life-areas.md). ## Add labels and an icon Under **Labels**, next to **Alignment**, tag the note with one or more labels. With **Group** set to **Label**, the Notes list groups notes by label. More on labels in [Labels](/help/labels.md). To give a note an icon, point above the title and click **Add icon**. Click the icon to change it or its color. In the color list, turn on **Inherit color** to use the color of the goal or life area the note is linked to. To take it off again, click **Remove icon**. ## Copy a link to a note Click the link button at the top right of an open note to copy its address. The link stays the same when you rename the note, and it only opens for people who can see the note. ## Delete and restore a note To delete a note, open its **⋯** menu at the top right and click **Delete**. In the list, you can also click the handle next to its name and choose **Delete**. The note moves to Trash right away, and a message with **Undo** lets you take it back. To get it back later: 1. Click **Trash** at the bottom of the sidebar. 2. Open the **Notes** tab. 3. Point at the note and click the round arrow at the end of its row (**Restore**). The trash can button next to it is **Delete permanently**, which removes the note for good. More in [Undo and Trash](/help/undo-and-trash.md). ## Good to know * **Notes in shared goals and areas are shared.** If you share a goal or life area, the notes linked to it are visible to the people you share with, and editors can change them. See [Share with others](/help/sharing.md). * **Why a note is read-only.** A banner at the top says why: the note is over your Free plan limit, or it belongs to something shared with you as view-only. You can still delete a note that's over the limit. ## Limits The Free plan includes 20 notes. Pro has no limit. Notes in Trash don't count, so moving a note to Trash frees up a spot. When you reach 20, Heym asks you to upgrade before you create another one. See [Free, Pro and Lifetime](/help/plans.md). ## Related > [card] [Goals](/help/goals.md) > > Keep plans and notes next to the goal they serve. > [card] [Undo and Trash](/help/undo-and-trash.md) > > Bring back a note you deleted. > [card] [Labels](/help/labels.md) > > Tag notes and tasks across your life areas. > [card] [Keyboard shortcuts](/help/keyboard-shortcuts.md) > > Format faster without the mouse. This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.