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Text, boxes and comments

Text, boxes and comments don’t count anything. They make the Board easy to read and easy to talk about: a title for each campaign, a box around the cards that belong together, a question for your team.

Adding text or a box

  1. Click Text or Box in the toolbar, or press T or S.
  2. It lands in the middle of your view. Drag it where you want it.
ItemUse it for
TextBig headings that name a part of the Board, like Spring drop.
BoxGrouping cards, like all your paid ads or all your creators.

A Spring drop heading above a blue Paid box holding four ad links and a Best ad Winner block, which leads to the homepage

A heading and a box

Writing text

  1. With the Select tool, click the text to select it.
  2. Click it again to start typing.
  3. Click anywhere else, or press Esc, when you are done.

Text stays on one line until you press Enter. To move text while you type, drag the words.

Styling text

Select text and its toolbar appears above it.

Selected Spring drop text with its toolbar: bold, black and four colour dots, text size, duplicate and remove

Styling text
ButtonShortcutWhat it does
B⌘ BMakes the text bold.
Colour dotsChanges the colour: black, pink, blue, orange or purple.
− and +⇧ ⌘ < and ⇧ ⌘ >Makes the text smaller or bigger. You can also type a size in the box.
Duplicate⌘ DMakes a copy next to it.
RemoveDeleteTakes it off the Board.

You can also drag the small square in its bottom right corner to make the text bigger or smaller.

Grouping cards in a box

To group cards:

  1. Click Box in the toolbar, or press S.
  2. Drag its bottom right corner until it surrounds the cards.
  3. Select the box and click the gear in its toolbar.
  4. In Box settings, give it a Name, like Paid or Creators, and pick a Colour. Changes save as you go.

The Paid box selected, with Box settings open on the right showing its name, five colours and Remove box

Naming a box

When you drag a box, every card inside it moves too. It is the quickest way to move a whole campaign around the Board. To rename it quickly, click the title of a selected box and type.

Remove box takes the box off the Board and keeps the cards inside it.

Leaving a comment

To leave a comment:

  1. Click Comment in the toolbar, or press C.
  2. Click a card, or an empty spot on the Board.
  3. Write your comment and click Comment. Or press ⌘ Enter.

A comment pin on the Checkout card with its thread open, showing Resolve, Delete and a Reply box

A comment on a card
  • Everyone in the workspace sees the pin. Click it to read the comment and reply. Viewers can read comments but can’t add or reply to them.
  • Drag a pin to move it. A pin on a card moves with the card.
  • Click the tick to resolve a comment and hide its pin. Resolved comments stay hidden. You can delete your own comments with the bin.
  • Resolved or deleted one by mistake? Press ⌘ Z to bring it back.

FAQs

Who can comment on a Link Studio Board?

Owners, admins and editors can leave comments and reply in Link Studio. Viewers can read every comment but can’t add, reply, resolve or delete them.

Can I bring back a comment I resolved or deleted in Link Studio?

Yes. Press ⌘ Z, or Ctrl Z on Windows, right after, and Link Studio brings the comment back with its thread.