# How do I format labeller instructions?

**URL:** <https://community.labelstud.io/t/how-do-i-format-labeller-instructions/400>\
**Category:** Label Studio Support\
**Created:** [November 6, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://community.labelstud.io/t/how-do-i-format-labeller-instructions/400 "2024-11-06T05:10:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Poncho2838](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Poncho2838](https://community.labelstud.io/u/Poncho2838)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://community.labelstud.io/t/how-do-i-format-labeller-instructions/400/1 "2024-11-06T05:10:56Z")

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How can I provide labeller instructions that allow for some rudimentary formatting, like newlines and lists? Most of the example templates use the tag for (short) instructions, but this doesn’t seem to allow HTML or even ‘\n’, in contrast to .

I’m using version 1.13.1, controlled entirely through the API.

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**Author:** ![makseq](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.labelstud.io/makseq/32/26_2.png) [@makseq](https://community.labelstud.io/u/makseq)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://community.labelstud.io/t/how-do-i-format-labeller-instructions/400/2 "2024-11-06T11:45:21Z")

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It should be written in html format, e.g.

```auto
<p>new<br>line</p>

```

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**Author:** ![Poncho2838](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Poncho2838](https://community.labelstud.io/u/Poncho2838)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.labelstud.io/t/how-do-i-format-labeller-instructions/400/3 "2024-11-06T18:35:14Z")

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Do you mind giving an example? I can think of a few ways to write HTML in a header but it’s not clear to me which, if any, work.

1. 

- Doesn’t work because \< is not allowed in attribute values.

1. new  
line

- Doesn’t work because it complains that the   
 tag is not closed.

1. new  
line

This doesn’t raise any parse errors, but the playground will not display any output if this is present anywhere in the config.

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**Author:** ![makseq](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/community.labelstud.io/makseq/32/26_2.png) [@makseq](https://community.labelstud.io/u/makseq)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://community.labelstud.io/t/how-do-i-format-labeller-instructions/400/4 "2024-11-07T03:32:20Z")

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> **[Label Studio Documentation — Project settings](https://labelstud.io/guide/project_settings.html#Annotation)**
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> Brief descriptions of all the options available when configuring the project settings

Go to Project settings \> Annotation \> Instructions

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/labelstudio/original/1X/4d4caf0a369c696fe6b166526f3f00ade2f596d6.png)

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**Author:** ![Poncho2838](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Poncho2838](https://community.labelstud.io/u/Poncho2838)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.labelstud.io/t/how-do-i-format-labeller-instructions/400/5 "2024-11-07T17:54:05Z")

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I see, and this can presumably be set in the API call to create a project ([https://labelstud.io/api#tag/Projects/operation/api\_projects\_create](https://labelstud.io/api#tag/Projects/operation/api_projects_create)) as the `expert_instruction` field. Thanks!