Editor basics

You write in an editor that shows formatting as you go. Bold and italic text appear styled instead of as symbols.

Format text

Select text and press a shortcut, or right-click → Format.

Format	Shortcut
Bold	`Ctrl+B`
Italic	`Ctrl+I`
Underline	`Ctrl+U`
Strikethrough	`Ctrl+Shift+X`
Clear formatting	`Ctrl+\`

Scene breaks

Add a divider where the scene changes. Press Ctrl+Alt+S, or right-click → Insert → Scene break.

Line breaks

Press Enter to add an empty line, matching the web novel style of spacing out paragraphs.
Press Shift+Enter to go to the next line without an empty line.

To make Enter move just one line, turn off Double line break on Enter in Settings > General > Editing.

Quotes and brackets

When you type an opening mark such as (, [, ", ', 「, or 『, the closing mark is added too.
Turn on Curly quotes to replace " with “ ”. It’s in Settings > General > Editing and off by default.

Pasting

When you paste text, invisible characters, tabs, trailing spaces, and runs of three or more empty lines are cleaned up.

System windows and chat bubbles

You can add styled boxes, like a game-style status window or a messenger chat. Start a line like this:

> [!system] Quest Alert
> A new quest has arrived.

First line	Looks like
`> [!system] Title`	System notification window
`> [!chat-left:Name]`	The other person’s chat bubble
`> [!chat-right:Name]`	Your chat bubble
`> [!letter] Title`	Letter
`> [!note] Title`	Note

Lines after the first one that start with > become the content of the box.

Formatting symbols

When you click formatted text or move the cursor onto it, symbols such as ** and ~~ appear briefly. To always hide them, turn off Show Markdown symbols in Settings > General > Editing.

Undo

Press Ctrl+Z to undo and Ctrl+Shift+Z to redo.