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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions docs/pages/support/support.md
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---

NHS Notify is a <a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/services/reference-guide#service-levels" target="_blank">silver service (opens in a new tab)</a>.
NHS Notify is a <a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/services/reference-guide#service-levels" target="_blank">gold service (opens in a new tab)</a>.

If you're live with NHS Notify and need help, <a href="https://nhsdigitallive.service-now.com/csm" target="_blank">submit a case with Service Now (opens in a new tab)</a>.
If you're live with NHS Notify and need help, <a href="https://nhsdigitallive.service-now.com/csm?id=sc_cat_item&sys_id=6cc625151b9fbad083b0a7d0b24bcb11&referrer=recent_items" target="_blank">submit a case with Service Now (opens in a new tab)</a>.

If you have any general questions about NHS Notify, send an email to <england.nhsnotify@nhs.net>.

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---
layout: mini-hub
title: Bold text
nav_order: 2
permalink: /using-nhs-notify/formatting/bold-text
mini_hub_topic: Formatting
mini_hub_pages:
- title: Overview
url: /using-nhs-notify/formatting/overview
- title: Bold text
url:
current: true
- title: Bullet points and numbered lists
url: /using-nhs-notify/bullet-points-numbered-lists
- title: Fonts for letter templates
url: /using-nhs-notify/letter-fonts
- title: Headings
url: /using-nhs-notify/headings
- title: Paragraphs, line breaks, and horizontal lines
url: /using-nhs-notify/paragraphs

previous_page:
title: Overview
url: /using-nhs-notify/formatting/overview
next_page:
title: Bullet points and numbered lists
url: /using-nhs-notify/bullet-points-numbered-lists
published: true
---

You can add bold text to:

- NHS App messages
- letters

Use bold text sparingly. Do not use bold to emphasise text.

{% include components/inset-text.html
text='Find out more about how to use <a href="https://service-manual.nhs.uk/content/formatting#bold-italics-and-underlining" target="_blank">bold in the NHS Digital service manual</a>.'
classes='nhsuk-u-margin-top-2'
%}

## Add bold text

To use bold text in NHS App messages, use 2 asterisk symbols on either side of the words you want to be bold. For example:

{% include components/inset-text.html
text='`**this is bold text**`'
classes='nhsuk-u-margin-top-2'
%}

To use bold text in letters, highlight the font you want to make bold then select **bold** in the font menu in the home tab.
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---
layout: mini-hub
title: Bullet points and numbered lists
nav_order: 3
permalink: /using-nhs-notify/bullet-points-numbered-lists
mini_hub_topic: Formatting
mini_hub_pages:
- title: Overview
url: /using-nhs-notify/formatting/overview
- title: Bold text
url: /using-nhs-notify/formatting/bold-text
- title: Bullet points and numbered lists
url:
current: true
- title: Fonts for letter templates
url: /using-nhs-notify/letter-fonts
- title: Headings
url: /using-nhs-notify/headings
- title: Paragraphs, line breaks, and horizontal lines
url: /using-nhs-notify/paragraphs

previous_page:
title: Bold text
url: /using-nhs-notify/formatting/bold-text
next_page:
title: Fonts for letter templates
url: /using-nhs-notify/letter-fonts
published: true
---

You can add bullet points and numbered lists to:

- NHS App messages
- emails
- letters

Use bullet points to make your text easier to read.

Use numbered lists instead of bullet points to guide a user through a process, or when the order of the items in a list is relevant.

{% include components/inset-text.html
text='Find out more about <a href="https://service-manual.nhs.uk/content/writing-nhs-messages" target="_blank">writing messages (NHS Digital service manual)</a>.'
classes='nhsuk-u-margin-top-2'
%}

## Add bullet points

To add bullet points to NHS App messages or emails:

1. Put each item on a separate line with an asterisk and a space in front of each one.
2. Leave an empty line before the first bullet point and after the last bullet point.

For example:

{% include components/inset-text.html
text='`Introduce bullet points with a lead-in line ending with a colon:`

`* bullet point 1`<br />
`* bullet point 2`<br />
&nbsp;'
classes='nhsuk-u-margin-top-2'
%}

To add bullet points to a letter, use the style **List paragraph** in the template and select **Bullet points** in the home tab.

## Add a numbered list

You do not need a lead-in line for a numbered list.

Copy this example to add numbered steps to NHS App messages and emails:

{% include components/inset-text.html
text='&nbsp;<br />
`1. Leave one empty line space before starting your list.`<br />
`2. Enter a number followed by a full stop and a space to add an item.`<br />
`3. Start each item with a capital letter and end it with a full stop.`<br />
`4. Leave one empty line space after the last item.`
<br />&nbsp;'
classes='nhsuk-u-margin-top-2'
%}

To add a numbered list to a letter, select **Numbering** in the home tab of the letter template.
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---
layout: mini-hub
title: Fonts for letter templates
nav_order: 4
permalink: /using-nhs-notify/letter-fonts
mini_hub_topic: Formatting
mini_hub_pages:
- title: Overview
url: /using-nhs-notify/formatting/overview
- title: Bold text
url: /using-nhs-notify/formatting/bold-text
- title: Bullet points and numbered lists
url: /using-nhs-notify/bullet-points-numbered-lists
- title: Fonts for letter templates
url:
current: true
- title: Headings
url: /using-nhs-notify/headings
- title: Paragraphs, line breaks, and horizontal lines
url: /using-nhs-notify/paragraphs

previous_page:
title: Bullet points and numbered lists
url: /using-nhs-notify/bullet-points-numbered-lists
next_page:
title: Headings
url: /using-nhs-notify/headings
published: true
---

The font size for standard letters is 12 points. The font size for large print is 16 points.

NHS Notify prints letters in the font Noto Sans.

## Download your font

You must download and use Noto Sans as the font for all of your letters, including <a href="https://notify.nhs.uk/using-nhs-notify/letters-in-other-languages" target="_blank">letters in other languages</a>. If you’re sending letters in other languages that use different character sets, download Noto Sans in those languages.

Go to <a href="https://fonts.google.com/noto/fonts" target="_blank">Noto Sans on Google Fonts</a> and choose the languages you need by selecting **Get font**. Then select **Download all** to download Noto Sans to your device as a zip file.

Noto Sans is a free font.

{% include components/details.html
heading='Downloading Noto Sans for Windows'
text='

1. Right click the zip file and select **Extract all**.
2. Open the file. Open each folder. Select all of the TrueType font files, right click and select **Install**.
3. If the folder contains a sub-folder called **static**, open this.
4. Select all of the TrueType font files in this folder. Right click and select **Install**.
'
%}

{% include components/details.html
heading='Downloading Noto Sans for Mac'
text='
Follow the <a href="https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/font-book/fntbk1000/mac" target="_blank">install fonts guidance</a>. Make sure you install the static fonts.

Read <a href="https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/using_type/installing_and_managing_fonts" target="_blank">Google’s guidance on installing fonts</a> for more information.'
%}
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---
layout: mini-hub
title: Headings
nav_order: 5
permalink: /using-nhs-notify/headings
mini_hub_topic: Formatting
mini_hub_pages:
- title: Overview
url: /using-nhs-notify/formatting/overview
- title: Bold text
url: /using-nhs-notify/formatting/bold-text
- title: Bullet points and numbered lists
url: /using-nhs-notify/bullet-points-numbered-lists
- title: Fonts for letter templates
url: /using-nhs-notify/letter-fonts
- title: Headings
url:
current: true
- title: Paragraphs, line breaks, and horizontal lines
url: /using-nhs-notify/paragraphs

previous_page:
title: Fonts for letter templates
url: /using-nhs-notify/letter-fonts
next_page:
title: Paragraphs, line breaks, and horizontal lines
url: /using-nhs-notify/paragraphs
published: true
---

You can add headings to:

- NHS App messages
- emails
- letters

Use headings to tell recipients what your message is about, break up content, and help recipients find what they need. In letters, you can use headings to summarise what your letter is about.

Headings are in bold. They are not in italics or underlined.

{% include components/inset-text.html
text='Find out more about using <a href="https://service-manual.nhs.uk/content/formatting#headings" target="_blank"> headings in the NHS Digital service manual</a>.'
classes='nhsuk-u-margin-top-2'
%}

## Add a main heading

To add headings to NHS App messages and emails, use one hash symbol followed by a space. For example:

{% include components/inset-text.html
text='`# This is a heading`'
classes='nhsuk-u-margin-top-2'
%}

To add a heading to letters, use the style **Heading 2**, NHS letter heading in the template.

## Add a subheading

Use subheadings to break up the rest of your content. Your first subheading must come after a heading.

{% include components/inset-text.html
text='`## This is a subheading`'
classes='nhsuk-u-margin-top-2'
%}

To add subheadings to NHS App messages and emails, use 2 hash symbols followed by a space. For example:
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---
layout: mini-hub
title: Overview
nav_order: 1
permalink: /using-nhs-notify/formatting/overview
mini_hub_topic: Formatting
mini_hub_pages:
- title: Overview
url:
current: true
- title: Bold text
url: /using-nhs-notify/formatting/bold-text
- title: Bullet points and numbered lists
url: /using-nhs-notify/bullet-points-numbered-lists
- title: Fonts for letter templates
url: /using-nhs-notify/letter-fonts
- title: Headings
url: /using-nhs-notify/headings
- title: Paragraphs, line breaks, and horizontal lines
url: /using-nhs-notify/paragraphs

previous_page:

next_page:
title: Bold text
url: /using-nhs-notify/formatting/bold-text
published: true
---

NHS Notify uses Markdown to format message content in NHS App message and email templates.

This guidance explains how to use Markdown to format NHS App message and email templates. You can also read formatting instructions while you’re editing a template:

1. Go to the **Templates** page.
2. Choose an existing template or select **Create template**.
3. Formatting guidance will be available to the right of your template.

## Formatting letters

You do not need to use Markdown to format letter templates.

To format a letter template:

1. <a href="https://notify.nhs.uk/using-nhs-notify/upload-a-letter#download-a-blank-word-letter-template" target="_blank">Download a blank Word letter template</a>.
2. Add your formatting.
3. <a href="https://notify.nhs.uk/using-nhs-notify/upload-a-letter" target="_blank">Upload your letter</a>.

## Formats supported by message channels

<table class="nhsuk-table">
<thead class="nhsuk-table__head">
<tr class="nhsuk-table__row">
<th scope="col" class="nhsuk-table__header">
Message channel
</th>
<th scope="col" class="nhsuk-table__header">
Format
</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody class="nhsuk-table__body">
<tr class="nhsuk-table__row">
<td class="nhsuk-table__cell">
NHS App<br> Email<br> Letter
</td>
<td class="nhsuk-table__cell">
Bold text
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="nhsuk-table__row">
<td class="nhsuk-table__cell">
NHS App<br> Email<br> Letter
</td>
<td class="nhsuk-table__cell">
Bullet points
</td>
</tr>
<tr class="nhsuk-table__row">
<td class="nhsuk-table__cell">
NHS App<br> Email<br> Letter
</td>
<td class="nhsuk-table__cell">
Numbered lists
</td>
<tr class="nhsuk-table__row">
<td class="nhsuk-table__cell">
NHS App<br> Email<br> Letter
</td>
<td class="nhsuk-table__cell">
Headings
<tr class="nhsuk-table__row">
<td class="nhsuk-table__cell">
NHS App<br> Email<br> Letter
</td>
<td class="nhsuk-table__cell">
Paragraphs
<tr class="nhsuk-table__row">
<td class="nhsuk-table__cell">
NHS App<br> Email<br>
</td>
<td class="nhsuk-table__cell">
Line breaks
<tr class="nhsuk-table__row">
<td class="nhsuk-table__cell">
Email
</td>
<td class="nhsuk-table__cell">
Horizontal lines
</td>
</tr>
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