Hey there!
Glad to see you are getting into Coda
Can you share more context so we can help you out? For example when you mention:
There are countless ways this can acutally be done. Are you doing it in a column? What column type is that? Canvas? Are you taking these notes in a table or rather just on a page?
All the answers to those questions result in different solutions. The more context you can share in the community the quicker you will get help.
The golden standard is sharing an example doc, but screenshots are the next best thing!