The editor

The editor is where pages are written. It works much like a word processor: type, select words to format them, and choose Publish when you are done. What makes it more than a word processor is what you can add. Type / on any line and you can put in a table, a colored panel, a checklist, a diagram, a chart, a video, or a list of pages that keeps itself up to date.

You do not need to learn it all before you start. Most pages need only headings, lists and the odd table; the rest is here for when a page calls for it.

Start here

• Editor tour: the parts of the editor, how your work is saved, and what happens when someone else is editing the same page.

• The slash menu: the quickest way to add anything, and the + menu, which lists the same things.

• Floating menus: the small menus that appear over selected text, tables, pictures and panels.

Formatting text

• Text formatting: bold, italic, code and the rest, and how to clear them.

• Colors: text colors and highlights.

• Alignment and indentation: centering a line, or moving a paragraph in.

Working faster

• Keyboard shortcuts: every key combination the editor knows.

• Markdown shortcuts: type ## for a heading or - for a list, and it happens as you type.

Everything you can add

• Elements: a page for each thing you can put on a page, from a heading to a video, with every variant shown.

• Live content: blocks that look something up each time the page is read, such as the pages under this one or the tasks assigned to you.

On a phone the editor is the same, with a smaller toolbar: see The editor on a phone.