# Add and format text on the canvas

> Press T (or click Text), click on the canvas and type; select the text to change its font, size, alignment, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, bullet list or link from the bar above it.

Category: Canvas
Web page: https://www.pactto.com/help/add-text
All guides: https://www.pactto.com/help.md

## Add text

1. Click **Text** in the toolbar or press **T**.
2. Click where you want the text and start typing.
3. Click outside the text when you are done. The toolbar switches back to **Select** on its own.

To edit existing text, double-click it. If you activated the Text tool by mistake, press **Escape** to go back to Select.

## Format text

Select a text item (or double-click it to edit) and a formatting bar appears above it with these buttons:

| Button | Options |
|---|---|
| **Font** | **Draw**, **Sans**, **Serif**, **Mono** |
| **Size** | **Small** (16), **Medium** (24), **Large** (40), **Extra large** (64), **Huge** (96), or type any size from 8 to 512 in the number field and press Enter |
| **Alignment** | Left, center or right |
| **Bold**, **Italic**, **Underline**, **Strikethrough** | Style the selected words |
| **Bullet list** | Turn lines into a bulleted list |
| **Link** | Add a link to the selected words |

How the style buttons apply:
- If you are editing and have words highlighted, the style applies to those words.
- If nothing is highlighted, or the text is only selected (not being edited), the style applies to all the text.

### Add or remove a link

1. Select the words and click **Link**.
2. Type or paste the address in the field (**Type or paste URL**). You can leave out `https://`, it is added for you.
3. Press **Enter** to apply, or **Escape** to cancel.
4. To remove a link, open **Link** on the linked words, clear the field and press **Enter**.

### Who can add text

Owner and Can edit members. Can review and Can view members do not see the Text tool.

Good to know:
- Sticky notes, rectangles and circles use the same formatting bar (see [sticky-notes](https://www.pactto.com/help/sticky-notes.md) and [shapes-and-arrows](https://www.pactto.com/help/shapes-and-arrows.md)).
- Only one dropdown (Font, Size or Alignment) is open at a time; click outside to close it.
- The formatting bar only appears when exactly one text item is selected.
- Formatting changes can be undone with **Cmd/Ctrl + Z**.

## Related guides

- [What does each tool in the canvas toolbar do?](https://www.pactto.com/help/canvas-toolbar.md): The toolbar in the top bar of the room holds the canvas tools (Pan, Select, Laser, Comment, Draw, Text, shapes, Sticky note, Doc, Table, Board and Add asset), and each one has a single-key shortcut.
- [Add, format and resize sticky notes](https://www.pactto.com/help/sticky-notes.md): Press N (or click Sticky note) to drop a yellow sticky note in the middle of your view, type right away, then select it to change its font, size and style or drag its corners to resize it.
- [Draw rectangles, circles, arrows and lines](https://www.pactto.com/help/shapes-and-arrows.md): Pick Rectangle (R), Circle (O), Arrow (A) or Line (L) and drag on the canvas; select an arrow or line to change its color, opacity and thickness, or a rectangle or circle to change its line thickness and the text inside it.
- [Select, move, resize, duplicate and delete items on the canvas](https://www.pactto.com/help/select-move-resize.md): Use the Select tool (V) to click an item, then drag it to move, drag its corners to resize, and use the right-click menu or shortcuts to copy, duplicate, group, lock, reorder or delete it.
- [Undo or redo a change on the canvas](https://www.pactto.com/help/undo-redo.md): Press Cmd/Ctrl + Z to undo your last change on the canvas and Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + Z to redo it.