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Her are some of our favourite, lesser-known features in Count - small wins that can make a big difference.

🔒 Locking a canvas: We love real-time collaboration in Count - but sometimes we want lots of people interacting with a report without stepping on each other's toes. When a canvas is locked, anyone who opens it gets their own independent session. You can still use control cells to explore the data — it just won’t affect anyone else’s view.

- You’ll find this option under your avatar dropdown or in the Count logo menu. And you can read more about this in our <a href="https://pylonlinks.com/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.count.co%2Fsharing-and-permissions%2Freal-time-collaboration%23real-time-and-locking&amp;utm_campaign_id=2d8c177f-8f94-4e73-b8cf-8d4d5a6988b0&amp;utm_slack_channel=C07CTQ75V97" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">docs.</a>

- 🔒 Locking a canvas: We love real-time collaboration in Count - but sometimes we want lots of people interacting with a report without stepping on each other's toes. When a canvas is locked, anyone who opens it gets their own independent session. You can still use control cells to explore the data — it just won’t affect anyone else’s view.
 - You’ll find this option under your avatar dropdown or in the Count logo menu. And you can read more about this in our <a href="https://pylonlinks.com/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.count.co%2Fsharing-and-permissions%2Freal-time-collaboration%23real-time-and-locking&amp;utm_campaign_id=2d8c177f-8f94-4e73-b8cf-8d4d5a6988b0&amp;utm_slack_channel=C07CTQ75V97" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">docs.</a>

📝 Some handy features when working with text on the canvas:

- Press <code>t</code> and click anywhere to add a text field
- <code>Cmd + Ctrl + space</code> or <code>Win + .</code> = add an emoji 💥
- Type <code>@</code> to mention someone or add a link to a cell/frame
- If you like these, you can find the full <a href="https://pylonlinks.com/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.count.co%2Fthe-canvas%2Fcanvas-objects%2Ftext-and-markdown&amp;utm_campaign_id=2d8c177f-8f94-4e73-b8cf-8d4d5a6988b0&amp;utm_slack_channel=C07CTQ75V97" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">text and markup shortcuts here</a>.

- 📝 Some handy features when working with text on the canvas:
 - Press <code>t</code> and click anywhere to add a text field
 - <code>Cmd + Ctrl + space</code> or <code>Win + .</code> = add an emoji 💥
 - Type <code>@</code> to mention someone or add a link to a cell/frame
 - If you like these, you can find the full <a href="https://pylonlinks.com/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.count.co%2Fthe-canvas%2Fcanvas-objects%2Ftext-and-markdown&amp;utm_campaign_id=2d8c177f-8f94-4e73-b8cf-8d4d5a6988b0&amp;utm_slack_channel=C07CTQ75V97" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">text and markup shortcuts here</a>.

🗺️ Ever shared a canvas and wanted someone to land on a specific cell? You can link directly to a cell or frame, and Count will open the canvas zoomed in on that spot.

- Just right-click on any object → <code>Copy as</code> → <code>Copy link</code>

- 🗺️ Ever shared a canvas and wanted someone to land on a specific cell? You can link directly to a cell or frame, and Count will open the canvas zoomed in on that spot.
 - Just right-click on any object → <code>Copy as</code> → <code>Copy link</code>

🪄 Find &amp; replace - even in individual cells. You can of course use <code>Cmd/Ctrl + F</code> to search the whole canvas… But did you know you can also find &amp; replace within an individual SQL/Python cell?

- Highlight your text → <code>Cmd/Ctrl + fn + F2</code> → type your replacement text.

- 🪄 Find &amp; replace - even in individual cells. You can of course use <code>Cmd/Ctrl + F</code> to search the whole canvas… But did you know you can also find &amp; replace within an individual SQL/Python cell?
 - Highlight your text → <code>Cmd/Ctrl + fn + F2</code> → type your replacement text.

🎨 Have you formatted one visual or text box just right? You can copy its style and paste it onto others:

- Right-click on the nicely formatted object → <code>Copy as</code> → <code>Copy styles</code>
- Select one or more similar objects → right-click → <code>Copy as</code> →<code>Paste styles</code>
- And fancy a shortcut for this shortcut? Just add <code>Option</code> to your normal copy/paste routine (<code>Cmd + Option + C</code>, <code>Cmd + Option + V</code>)

- 🎨 Have you formatted one visual or text box just right? You can copy its style and paste it onto others:
 - Right-click on the nicely formatted object → <code>Copy as</code> → <code>Copy styles</code>
 - Select one or more similar objects → right-click → <code>Copy as</code> →<code>Paste styles</code>
 - And fancy a shortcut for this shortcut? Just add <code>Option</code> to your normal copy/paste routine (<code>Cmd + Option + C</code>, <code>Cmd + Option + V</code>)

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