> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://happybara.gitbook.io/proper/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://happybara.gitbook.io/proper/reference/polls/start/options.md).

# Options

### Custom options

#### Using the available option types to add an option

* Custom
  * Type free text and press enter to add an option.

    > Use markdown to [**format**](/proper/reference/polls/start/options.md#formatting-custom-options) text.
* Day of the week
* Date
* Channel
* User

#### Formatting custom options

* **Bold**

  Surround your text with asterisks.

  ```
  *abc*
  ```
* ***Italics***

  Surround your text with underscores.

  ```
   _abc_
  ```
* ~~**Strikethrough**~~

  Surround your text with tildes.

  ```
   ~abc~
  ```
* **Inline code**

  Surround your text with single sticks.

  ```
  `abc`
  ```
* **Links**

  Slack will make a it a clickable link if you paste the URL, but you can use a cobination of `<`, `|`, and `>` to format URLs.
* ```
  <https://happybara.io|happybara>
  ```

### Template options

#### Options from a template cannot be modified.
