# Work with marks

> Read a mark, apply it or dismiss it, say why, and choose which kinds show and how.

## Before you start

- A note is open with marks. The local checks mark a note when it opens; the coach marks it when you run [Coach this note](coach-a-note.md).

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## Read a mark

Each mark is a wavy underline in its kind's color. Hover it, or put the cursor in it and run **Show finding**, to open its card. The card shows the kind, the quoted words, the suggested change, why, and a **Careful:** line when the fix would change something like a number, a name or a quote.

The strip at the foot of the note counts the marks by kind, shows which mark you're on and where it came from (for example `3/12 · coach`), and says when some findings no longer match the text.

To move between marks, run **Go to next finding** or **Go to previous finding**. They wrap around at the ends.

## Apply a mark

1. Open the card.
2. Select **Apply**, or press Enter while the card is open. You can also run **Apply finding** with the cursor in the mark.

The text changes in one step, and the mark goes. Press Cmd+Z (Ctrl+Z on Windows and Linux) to take it back; the mark comes back too.

A mark whose words you edited since it was made turns gray. It won't apply, so a fix never lands in the wrong place. A mark that's only a note, with no suggested change, has no **Apply**.

To apply everything at once, select **Apply all visible** in the **Findings** section of [the panel](the-panel.md). It's one change, so one undo takes it all back. It skips marks that are out of date, fixes that would change a number or a kept word, and kinds you've hidden, and tells you how many it skipped.

## Dismiss a mark

1. Open the card and select **Dismiss**, or run **Dismiss finding**.
2. The card asks why: **Voice**, **Wrong** or **Not now**. Pick one, or press 1, 2 or 3. Press Enter or select **Skip** to dismiss without a reason, or Escape to keep the mark.

A dismissed mark stays dismissed. No check marks the same words for the same kind again. Your reasons feed what the plugin learns: see [Review what it learned](review-what-it-learned.md).

To dismiss without being asked, switch off **Ask why when dismissing** in [Settings](settings.md).

## See cuts as an inline diff

**Cuts** and **Mechanics** start as inline diffs: the words to cut are struck in place, and a replacement shows the new words beside the old. Marks that are only notes stay underlines.

To switch a kind between underline and inline diff, select its ⇄ button in the strip, or select **Turn inline diff on** for that kind in the **Findings** section of [the panel](the-panel.md). You can also set it per kind in [Settings](settings.md), under **Marks**. The card, **Apply** and **Dismiss** work the same in both.

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## Show or hide a kind

Select a kind's chip in the strip, or select **Hide** or **Show** for it in the **Findings** section of [the panel](the-panel.md). A hidden kind is still counted, and its chip looks switched off. The same switch is in [Settings](settings.md), under **Marks**.

## Clear a note's marks

Select **Clear findings** in the **This note** section of [the panel](the-panel.md). The marks go, and stay gone while the findings are unchanged. The next check or coach run brings marks back.

## With vim keys

When Obsidian's vim mode is on, these keys work in normal mode: `]f` and `[f` move between marks, `z=` opens the card and `z=` again applies, and `zg` dismisses. `:FeedbackApplyAll` applies all visible marks.

## Related

- [Coach a note](coach-a-note.md)
- [Habit rules](habit-rules.md)
- [Settings](settings.md)