# Adding blocks

There are many ways to get content into Are.na. Let's look a few of the ways below.

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### Dragging files into a channel

You can select files from your computer and drag them straight into a channel.

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### Pasting text

You can also paste text directly into the "Add Block" prompt at the top left of your channel. We support [Markdown for formatting](#formatting-text).

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### Pasting a URL

If you paste a URL to an image, a webpage, a YouTube link, a Vimeo, a Soundcloud, etc, we will automatically figure out what to do with it.&#x20;

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### Formatting text

&#x20;We support markdown to format text in text blocks. See the cheatsheet below, but there is a little inline cheatsheet on Are.na  if you click the "FORMATTING"  button.

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<pre><code>Italic
*italic* or _italic_
<strong>
</strong><strong>Bold
</strong>**bold** or __bold__

Combined
**bold and _italic_**

Horizontal rule
---

Strikethrough
~~strike this~~

Highlighted
==highlighted==

Ordered list
1. List item

Unordered list
- List item

Links
[link text](link URL)

Inline code
`code`

Multiline code
```multiline code```

Blockquote
> I'm a quote

Headers
# h1 
## h2 
### h3 
#### h4 
</code></pre>

### Using the browser extension

We have browser extensions for Chrome (and any Chrome-like browser), Firefox, and Safari.  This is the best way to save content while you're browsing the Internet. See [browser-extension](https://help.are.na/docs/getting-started/browser-extension "mention").

### Limitations

Image uploads are limited to 50MB and video files are limited to 250MB.

### Content guidelines

For questions about what content is acceptable on Are.na, please see our [community guidelines](https://www.are.na/community-guidelines).


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