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Help & Feature Guide

Everything you need to craft perfect LinkedIn posts

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πŸ’‘ Getting Started: Simply type or paste your LinkedIn post into the editor, then use the toolbar buttons or keyboard shortcuts to format your text. The live preview updates in real-time so you can see exactly how your post will look on LinkedIn.

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Text Formatting

Make your text stand out with Unicode styles

Apply bold, italic, bold italic, underline, and strikethrough formatting to any selected text. These styles use special Unicode characters, so they work natively on LinkedIn β€” no rich-text editor needed.

Bold Italic Bold Italic Underline Strikethrough

⚠️ Select the text you want to format first, then click the toolbar button or use the keyboard shortcut.

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Bullet Points & Ordered Lists

Structure your posts with lists

Organize your content with clean bullet points (β€’) or numbered circles (β‘ β‘‘β‘’). These Unicode list markers render beautifully on LinkedIn and don't require any markdown or HTML support.

β€’ First key point
β€’ Second key point
β€’ Third key point

β‘  Step one
β‘‘ Step two
β‘’ Step three

πŸ’‘ Tip: Use bullet points for feature lists and numbered lists for step-by-step guides or rankings.

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Emoji Picker

1000+ emojis at your fingertips

Browse over 1,000 emojis organized by category β€” Smileys, Gestures, Animals, Food, Travel, Objects, Symbols, and more. Use the built-in search to find the perfect emoji instantly.

πŸš€ πŸ’‘ 🎯 πŸ”₯ πŸ“ˆ βœ… πŸ’Ό 🌟 🀝 πŸŽ‰

πŸ’‘ Type a keyword like "fire" or "rocket" in the emoji search bar to quickly filter and find what you need.

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Case Converter

Transform text casing instantly

Switch between four casing styles with one click. Perfect for fixing accidental caps lock, creating headline-style titles, or normalizing pasted content.

UPPER CASE Converts all letters to uppercase
lower case Converts all letters to lowercase
Title Case Capitalizes the first letter of each word
Sentence case Capitalizes first letter of each sentence
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Undo / Redo

Never lose your work

Made a mistake? No problem. Undo and redo actions are fully supported so you can experiment fearlessly. The editor tracks a full history of your changes.

Ctrl + Z Undo
Ctrl + Y Redo
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Post Templates

8 ready-made LinkedIn templates

Jump-start your post with one of 8 professionally crafted templates designed for LinkedIn's most engaging content formats. Just fill in your details and publish.

πŸ“’ Announcement
πŸ’‘ How-To Guide
πŸ“– Story / Lesson
πŸ” Listicle
❓ Question Poll
πŸ† Achievement
🀝 Job Posting
πŸ’¬ Hot Take

⚠️ Templates insert placeholder text. Make sure to replace all [bracketed] placeholders with your own content before posting.

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Viral Hook Templates

5 proven hook frameworks

The first line of your LinkedIn post determines whether people stop scrolling. Use these 5 battle-tested hook frameworks β€” backed by engagement data from top creators β€” to grab attention instantly.

1. The Contrarian

"Unpopular opinion: [your bold take]"

2. The Number Hook

"[X]% of people don't know this…"

3. The Story Opener

"Last week I [did something unexpected]. Here's what happened:"

4. The How-To

"How to [achieve result] in [timeframe]:"

5. The Mistake

"I spent [time/money] doing [wrong thing]. Don't make my mistake."

πŸ’‘ The best hooks create curiosity, promise value, or challenge common beliefs. Test different hooks to see what resonates with your audience.

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Find & Replace

Search and replace text quickly

Instantly find any word or phrase in your post and replace it with new text. Supports replace-one and replace-all operations β€” great for fixing typos, updating names, or swapping terminology.

Enter text to find…
Enter replacement…

⚠️ "Replace All" is irreversible β€” make sure to double-check your find query before using it.

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Special Characters

Arrows, Math, Currency & more

Access a curated library of special characters organized by category. Insert arrows, mathematical symbols, currency signs, checkmarks, and more β€” all fully compatible with LinkedIn.

Arrows

β†’ ← ↑ ↓ β‡’ ⇐ ⇑ ⇓ β†— β†˜

Math

Β± Γ— Γ· β‰  β‰ˆ ≀ β‰₯ ∞ βˆ‘ √

Currency

$ € Β£ Β₯ β‚Ή β‚Ώ Β’ β‚©

Symbols

βœ“ βœ— β˜… β˜† β™  β™₯ ♦ ♣ β˜€ ☁

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Text Cleaner

Remove whitespace & invisible chars

Paste text from other sources and it often comes with extra spaces, tabs, trailing whitespace, or invisible zero-width characters. The Text Cleaner strips all of that out in one click, leaving you with clean, LinkedIn-ready content.

What it removes:

  • βœ“ Multiple consecutive spaces β†’ single space
  • βœ“ Trailing whitespace on each line
  • βœ“ Zero-width characters (U+200B, U+FEFF, etc.)
  • βœ“ Non-breaking spaces β†’ regular spaces
  • βœ“ Multiple blank lines β†’ single blank line
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Emoji Spacing Fix

Auto-gap around emojis

Emojis sometimes render too close to adjacent text on LinkedIn, making posts harder to read. This tool automatically adds a thin space around every emoji in your post for clean, professional formatting.

Before

Here's myπŸš€3-step process

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After

Here's my πŸš€ 3-step process

πŸ’‘ This is especially useful when copying text from tools that don't add automatic spacing around emojis.

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Line Break Fix

Normalize line breaks for LinkedIn

LinkedIn sometimes collapses single line breaks, making your carefully formatted post look like a wall of text. This tool normalizes all line breaks to ensure your spacing is preserved when you paste your post.

Broken

Line one
Line two
Line three

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Fixed

Line one

Line two

Line three

πŸ’‘ LinkedIn best practice: use double line breaks between paragraphs for maximum readability on mobile.

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Custom Signature

Save & auto-insert your signature

Create a reusable signature block with your name, title, links, and hashtags. Save it once, then auto-insert it at the bottom of any post with a single click. Keep your branding consistent across every post.

Example signature:

β€”
Jane Smith
Senior Product Designer @ Acme Corp
🎯 Helping teams build better products
πŸ”— janesmith.design

✨ This is a PRO feature. Upgrade to Link Polish PRO to save unlimited signatures and unlock all premium tools.

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Export as .txt

Download your post as a file

Save your formatted LinkedIn post as a plain text (.txt) file with one click. Perfect for backing up drafts, sharing with collaborators, or scheduling posts using third-party tools.

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my-linkedin-post.txt

UTF-8 encoded β€’ All formatting preserved

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Copy Formatted Text

One-click copy to clipboard

Copy your entire formatted post to the clipboard with a single click. The text retains all Unicode formatting (bold, italic, etc.) so you can paste it directly into LinkedIn with zero loss of styling.

Copy Formatted Text
β€” one click, done!

✨ This is a PRO feature. Free users can manually select and copy text from the editor.

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Live Preview

Real-time LinkedIn post preview

See exactly how your post will look on LinkedIn as you type. The live preview panel updates in real-time, mimicking LinkedIn's actual post appearance β€” including line breaks, emoji rendering, and text formatting.

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Your Name

Your Headline β€’ 1st

Your formatted post appears here in real-time… πŸš€

πŸ‘ Like πŸ’¬ Comment πŸ”„ Repost πŸ“€ Send

πŸ’‘ Use the live preview to check line breaks and spacing before posting β€” it's the closest simulation to how LinkedIn renders your content.

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Live Stats

Characters, words, lines & read time

Monitor your post metrics in real-time as you write. The stats bar shows character count, word count, line count, and estimated read time β€” so you can optimize your post length for maximum engagement.

248

Characters

42

Words

8

Lines

~12s

Read Time

⚠️ LinkedIn's character limit is 3,000 characters. The stats bar will warn you as you approach the limit.

⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts

Work faster with these keyboard shortcuts. All shortcuts work when the editor is focused.

Action Windows / Linux macOS
Bold Ctrl + B ⌘ + B
Italic Ctrl + I ⌘ + I
Bold Italic Ctrl + Shift + B ⌘ + ⇧ + B
Underline Ctrl + U ⌘ + U
Strikethrough Ctrl + Shift + X ⌘ + ⇧ + X
Undo Ctrl + Z ⌘ + Z
Redo Ctrl + Y ⌘ + Y

πŸ’‘ On macOS, you can also use ⌘ + ⇧ + Z for Redo as an alternative to ⌘ + Y.

🎯 Tips for Great LinkedIn Posts

Start with a hook. The first 2 lines are all people see before clicking "see more." Make them count.

Use white space. Short paragraphs and double line breaks make your post scannable on mobile.

End with a CTA. Ask a question, invite opinions, or encourage sharing to boost engagement.

Use emojis sparingly. 3–5 emojis per post is the sweet spot. Too many looks unprofessional.

Format key phrases. Use bold for key takeaways and italic for emphasis β€” but don't overdo it.

Keep it under 1,500 chars. Shorter posts tend to get more engagement than long-form content.