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aliases:
  - ../features/panels/text/
  - ../panels/visualizations/text-panel/
  - ../reference/alertlist/
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  - grafana
  - text
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title: Text
weight: 1100
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# Text

The text panel visualization lets you make information and description panels for your dashboards.

In **Mode**, select whether you want to use markdown or HTML to style your text, then enter content in the box below. Grafana includes a title and paragraph to help you get started, or you can paste content in from another editor.