# How to beautify a code in notebook cells

**URL:** <https://talk.observablehq.com/t/how-to-beautify-a-code-in-notebook-cells/3835>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [September 4, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/how-to-beautify-a-code-in-notebook-cells/3835 "2020-09-04T17:32:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![PBrockmann](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/pbrockmann/32/1552_2.png) [@PBrockmann](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/PBrockmann)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/how-to-beautify-a-code-in-notebook-cells/3835/1 "2020-09-04T17:32:33Z")

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Is there a way to beautify lines of code once entered in notebook cells ?

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**Author:** ![radames](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/radames/32/1699_2.png) [@radames](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/radames)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/how-to-beautify-a-code-in-notebook-cells/3835/2 "2020-09-04T19:56:21Z")

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hi @PBrockmann you can enable Prettier on your personal settings, then every time you run the cell, Prettier will auto-format it for you

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/observablehq/original/2X/8/8796f36bc9b557520754d0bd9c115d2d0388b984.png)

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**Author:** ![PBrockmann](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/talk.observablehq.com/pbrockmann/32/1552_2.png) [@PBrockmann](https://talk.observablehq.com/u/PBrockmann)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://talk.observablehq.com/t/how-to-beautify-a-code-in-notebook-cells/3835/3 "2020-09-05T17:09:17Z")

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Sure. Thank you very much !