Chapter 4: All the Building Blocks

This is where Notion starts to separate itself from other applications that you might already be familiar with. Notion is not just an app you use but one that you can build. You are in total control of what information is on each page, what information you see on each page, and how you see it. This is achieved by giving you the power of adding and removing blocks and databases to and from pages.

In this chapter, we're going to cover the following main topics:

• The basic and inline block options
• Creating columns and coloring blocks
• The media and embed block options
• Using advanced blocks, actions, and databases

You will learn how to add a block to a page, move a block around a page, and change existing blocks to a different type. This also includes creating columns on pages and understanding which pages allow for block placement.

Additionally, you will learn about the different blocks that you can put onto a page...