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How to Use Block Quotes in Apple Notes

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In iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma, Apple added new formatting options to Apple Notes, including block quotes and a new Monostyle style. Here's how to make use of them.

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Thanks to additional formatting options in Apple Notes, you can now add block quotes to your notes. Block Quote formatting makes it easy to visually offset a section of writing with a quote bar to the left of the text.

Simply tap/click the "Aa" Format button, then select the block quote option before you type or when you're on a line that you want to convert to a block quote. The option works with all the text types, style options, and lists, including checklists.

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In the same Format menu you can find the new Monostyled option. This is an update to the previous "Monospaced" option, and gives you inset text with a distinctive background.

On macOS you can also find both options in the Notes app menu bar, under Format ➝ Notes.

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