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# Format text and reference cells

> Reference cells, format text, and create hyperlinks using Markdown on dashboards

Reference cells inline, **bold**, *italicize*, list, and hyperlink text on dashboards using Markdown.

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## Supported Markdown

### Styling and linking text

| Markdown                                                    | Formatted text                                            |
| ----------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| `**bold**` or `__bold__`                                    | **bold**                                                  |
| `*italics*` or `_italics_`                                  | *italics*                                                 |
| `[hyperlink to a great blog](https://wrap-text.equals.com)` | [hyperlink to a great blog](https://wrap-text.equals.com) |

### Lists

The Markdown to create bulleted and numbered lists is as follows:

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash bash theme={null}
  - Bullet one
  - Bullet two
  - Bullet three
  ```

  ```bash bash theme={null}
  1. First list item
  2. Second list item
  3. Third list item
  ```
</CodeGroup>

These would appear like so when viewing a dashboard:

**Bulleted List**

* Bullet one
* Bullet two
* Bullet three

**Numbered List**

1. First list item
2. Second list item
3. Third list item

## Referencing Cells

You can display the contents of a cell inline within a paragraph or heading on a dashboard by wrapping the cell reference in double curly brackets.

| Sheet name       | Cell | Cell referenced in paragraph |
| ---------------- | ---- | ---------------------------- |
| Sheet 1          | C3   | `{{Sheet 1!C3}}`             |
| Monthly Visitors | D22  | `{{Monthly Visitors!D22}}`   |

Referencing cells inline is useful when you want to construct sentences like:

> Last month's Net New ARR was \$868,000. It grew up 10% compared to the previous month (05-2024).

In this example, `$12,500`, `10%`, and `05-2024` are all referenced cells dynamically calculated using formulas in a sheet called `ARR Build` .

| Cell | Cell contents          | Calculated output | Cell referenced in paragraph |
| ---- | ---------------------- | ----------------- | ---------------------------- |
| B6   | `Net New ARR`          | New New ARR       | `{{ARR Build!B6}}`           |
| F6   | `=SUM(F2:F5)`          | \$868,000         | `{{ARR Build!F6}}`           |
| F7   | `=(F6-E6)/E6`          | 10%               | `{{ARR Build!F7}}`           |
| F2   | `=EOMONTH(TODAY(),-1)` | 05-2024           | `{{ARR Build!F2}}`           |

If you put these all together when writing a sentence in your paragraph, it would appear like this in edit mode:

> Last month's `{{ARR Build!B6}}` was `{{ARR Build!F6}}`. It grew `{{ARR Build!F7}}` compared to the previous month `{{ARR Build!F2}}`.

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