# Formatting Notes Prior to Import

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/formatting-notes-prior-to-import/89186>\
**Category:** Tips, Tricks & Best Practices\
**Tags:** professional\
**Created:** [September 7, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/formatting-notes-prior-to-import/89186 "2023-09-07T15:54:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![SHinojosa3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@SHinojosa3](https://community.hubspot.com/u/SHinojosa3)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/formatting-notes-prior-to-import/89186/1 "2023-09-07T15:54:28Z")

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Hi everyone,

I was wondering what processes other companies use to format their notes prior to importing into HubSpot.

Currently, we format notes after they are imported into HS. (Bold, Underline, Bullet Points)

What ways do you bulk format your notes before importing into HS?

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**Author:** ![Berangere](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/berangere/32/220784_2.png) [@Berangere](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Berangere)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 9:13am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/formatting-notes-prior-to-import/89186/2 "2023-09-08T09:13:51Z")

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Hi @SHinojosa3,  
Thank you for reaching out to the Community!  
First, I’d like to share these resources that might help you:  
- The solution from @rayfirnbach on this post “[Importing notes with multiple lines](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/CRM/Importing-notes-with-multiple-lines/m-p/418695/thread-id/125662#M125666)”  
- [Set up your import files](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/crm-setup/set-up-your-import-file)  
- [Import records and activities](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/crm-setup/import-objects)  
I also wanted to invite a couple of subject matter experts to this conversation @danmoyle, [@Jonno\_Price](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/123669) and @ChrisoKlepke, do you have any tips to help @SHinojosa3, please?  
**If anybody else has anything to add and/or share, please feel free to join in the conversation 🙂**  
Thanks and have a great day!  
Best,  
Bérangère

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**Author:** ![SHinojosa3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@SHinojosa3](https://community.hubspot.com/u/SHinojosa3)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/formatting-notes-prior-to-import/89186/3 "2023-09-08T15:22:02Z")

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Thank you. This was exactly what I needed. Using HTML commands did the trick!

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**Author:** ![danmoyle](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/danmoyle/32/91166_2.png) [@danmoyle](https://community.hubspot.com/u/danmoyle)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/formatting-notes-prior-to-import/89186/4 "2023-09-12T13:24:03Z")

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Thankfully [@BérangèreL](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/230185) got your back, @SHinojosa3 😊