Create Cheat Sheets!

A cheat sheet is a free quick-reference guide to, well, anything. It is usually made up of a collection of boxes of content. To make a cheat sheet, you add as many boxes of content as you like to a blank cheat sheet, and when you're finished you click "Publish" to let other people see it.

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Let's get started! Click here to give your new cheat sheet a name!

Once you've named your cheat sheet, you can choose:

• What colour you want your cheat sheet to be
• How many columns you want in your cheat sheet
• Tags, to help other people find your cheat sheet

As you edit and add to your cheat sheet, new PDFs will be built automatically. Click on the "Downloads" link at the top left of the cheat sheet page to see the latest PDF. (It might say "Building New PDFs", in which case you'll need to give it a moment to finish the build process before you can download a new PDF.)

Every cheat sheet is made up of blocks of content, and there are several different types of blocks on Cheatography for you to choose from:

Plain

• Text
  A text block is a simple content type - whatever you type into the box is what appears on the page!
• Code
  The code block is similar to the text block, except that it preserves your whitespace and uses a monospaced font. Ideal for adding, well, code to a cheat sheet.

Lists

• One to Four Columns
  The list blocks are the most commonly used on Cheatography. They can be one to four columns of content, and display in striped rows to make them easier to read. These are like tables, and ideal for small pieces of reference material.
• Bar Chart
  The bar chart content type takes a series of labels and numeric values and generates a simple bar chart from the result.
• Question and Answer
  Question and answer blocks display a question, followed by the answser indented underneath. (These are also useful for listing command-line commands with explanations following them.)

Media

• Image
  Sometimes text just isn't good enough, so if you feel the urge, add some imagery to your cheat sheets! Logos, diagrams, photos - all will work. It's worth bearing in mind that the PDF doesn't allow people to zoom in easily, so try to keep your images from being too large if you can.
• Video
  Video content blocks don't work with PDFs, but for the web versions of cheat sheets they are ideal for adding in rich media content. The video content type supports YouTube and Vimeo.

Live

• Live Content
  Live content is updated regularly from a URL on the web. Click here for more information.

Structural

• Column Break
  This content type affects the PDFs, and forces the following content block to start in a new column.
• Page Break
  This content type affects the PDFs, and forces the following content block to start in a new page.