Add text to a Freeform board on Mac
Add text boxes to your Freeform boards for items such as titles, labels, captions or other written content.
Add and format text
In the Freeform app on your Mac, click a category in the sidebar, then double-click a board to open it.
If you can’t see the sidebar, choose View > Show Sidebar.
Click the Insert Text Box button , then enter text.
You can use typing suggestions, if available.
To change text alignment, colour and more, select the text box, then use the formatting tools.
Tool
Description
Text Fill Inspector button
Change the colour of text in a text box.
Text Box Text Inspector button
Change the formatting for all text in a text box including font, colour, size, alignment and list style.
Set Font Size button
Change the font size of text in a text box.
Text tips
To add more items to a bulleted, numbered or dashed list, just press Return at the end of a list item in a text box. You can also increase (or decrease) the list level when you click a line in the list, then press Tab to indent (or Shift-Tab to go back).
To apply formatting to specific text in a text box, select the text, then use the formatting buttons for the item.
When formatting specific text, click the More button to open the Fonts window or the Text Colour window. See Format text in documents with fonts and Use colours in documents.
You can use connector lines between a text box and other items. If necessary, click the Show Connectors button in the lower-right corner (when connector lines are enabled, the button looks like this ), click the text box, then drag one of the arrows up, down, left or right, to add a connector line to the other item.
Continue to build your board by adding shapes or lines, diagrams, photos or videos, links, sticky notes and other files.