# Bear Callouts

> Learn about Bear callouts and how to add them in Bear on iOS and Mac devices. Callouts is a simple and beautiful way to help highlight important parts of your notes. There are 5 types to choose from, including Notes, Tip, Important, Warning and Caution.

Source: https://bear.app/faq/callouts/

[Callouts](https://github.blog/changelog/2023-12-14-new-markdown-extension-alerts-provide-distinctive-styling-for-significant-content/) are styled blocks designed to emphasize significant content, such as tips, warnings, or notes. Bear supports five types of Callouts:

* **Note** – Useful context worth noticing
* **Tip** – Smart advice to do things better or more easily
* **Important** – Essential info to help you stay on track
* **Warning** – Alerts that help you avoid big mistakes
* **Caution** – Points out potential risks or negative outcomes

![](https://bear.app/faq/images/callouts_1.png)

## Callouts in Markdown
Callouts aren’t part of standard Markdown, but they’ve been widely used as a Markdown extension in the wild. A callout starts with a quote block `>`, followed by square brackets containing an exclamation mark and the callout type, for example, `[!NOTE]`, `[!TIP]`, or `[!WARNING]`. The following line in the same quote block contains the callout content. For example:

```
> [!TIP] 
> This is callout content
```

## How to Add a Callout

- On **Mac**: Go to **Menu bar** > **Format** > **Callout**, or click the **BIU** formatting bar, then click the list button and select **Callout**
- On **iOS/iPadOS**: Tap the **BIU** bar, then **long press** the list button and select the **Callout** button

![](https://bear.app/faq/images/callouts_2.png)

## How to change the Callout type
To switch a Callout from one type to another (e.g. from Caution to Warning), simple click or tap the icon that shows the current Callout type (to the left of the title). A menu will appear where you can select a different type.

## Tips

### Write content in Callouts
Callouts support rich formatting, so you can include detailed content like lists, inline code, and styled text:

![](https://bear.app/faq/images/callouts_3.png)

### Customize Callout title
By default, the title of a callout matches its type. You can personalize it by adding custom text after the type identifier. For example:

![](https://bear.app/faq/images/callouts_4.png)

### Title-only Callouts
You can also use callouts without any content:

![](https://bear.app/faq/images/callouts_5.png)