Format your writing

Select text for Bold, Italic, headings, and lists. Use the + menu to insert blocks.

Select words in a section body. A dark pill labeled Text formatting appears above the selection. It stays hidden when nothing is selected. Selecting a section heading does not open it.

The editor, where selected text opens Text formatting
The editor, where selected text opens Text formatting

  1. Click Bold or Italic to mark the selected characters. Click the same control again to turn that mark off.

  2. Click Heading to restyle the block as a heading inside the current section. While the block is a heading, the control reads Body text. Click it to return to a paragraph. Use this for a subhead, not a sixth section.

  3. Click Ordered list for numbered items, or Bulleted list for dots. Click Quote to set the block as a quotation. Click the same control again to return to a paragraph.

  4. Leave Link (coming soon) alone. It is disabled and does not insert a URL.

  5. Click into an empty paragraph on a wide screen. A + appears in the left gutter. Hover it to read Insert block. Click + for Insert media, Insert file, Insert code block, and Remove node. There is no Divider. On a narrower screen the + stays hidden.

  6. Type / to tag a tool, or @ to mention a person. Neither keystroke opens this toolbar.

Click Editor tips for the Here's a tip card. Close it with Dismiss editor tips, or walk the slides with Previous tip and Next tip. One slide mentions a divider that is not in the Insert block menu.

Understand the five sections covers the heading order. Add images and files covers media and files.

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