Writing
In an empty line you write Text. For another block kind there are two ways, both open the same block catalog:/in an empty line. What you type next narrows the catalog—by label and by keyword, for example Table or Image.- The plus sign Add Block in the left margin next to the block. In an empty line the chosen block replaces that line; otherwise it is added below the block.
Markdown shortcuts. At the start of a line, followed by a space, these
characters convert the block at once:
Pasting Markdown. When you paste text that looks like Markdown, the editor
reads it as Markdown and creates the matching blocks.
Blocks
Text and headings
A paragraph is called Text. Headings come in six levels. Heading 1 to Heading 3 are in the block catalog; set levels 4 to 6 in the block menu under Convert To › Heading › Level 4 to Level 6. Ctrl+Alt+1, Ctrl+Alt+2 and Ctrl+Alt+3 turn the block into Heading 1 to Heading 3; pressing the same keys again turns it back into Text.Lists
There are three list kinds: Unordered List, Ordered List and Checklist with checkboxes. Tab indents an item one level deeper, Shift+Tab one level higher; an item sits at most one level below the previous one. Convert To turns one list kind into another.Table
A new Table has three rows and three columns, the first row is the Header Row, and the table spans the full width. Header row and header column. Switch Header Row and Header Column on and off in the bar above the table or in the menu of the first row or column. Rows and columns. When you point at a row or column, its handle appears (Edit Row, Edit Column). Clicking it opens its menu:
Column width. Drag the handle on the right edge of a cell.
Merging and splitting cells. Depending on the cell the cursor was last in, the
table’s block menu offers Merge with Right Cell, Merge with Cell Below and
Split Cell.
Full width. Full Width in the bar above the table or in the block menu
switches between the full width and the width of the text.
Callout
A Callout highlights a paragraph. It has a field for the title and paragraphs below it, which you format like normal text. It has five states:
Choose the state in the block catalog, or later in the bar above the callout
while the cursor is in it, or in the block menu.
Image
There are four ways to insert an image:- Choose Image in the empty image block,
- drag and drop into the chapter,
- from the clipboard,
- by address in the Address field of the empty image block; it starts with
http://orhttps://. Docusnap365 takes the image over into the document.
- Caption. Below the image is the field Add a caption …. The caption is also the image’s alternative text.
- Width. Drag the handles on the left and right of the image; the current width in pixels is shown next to it. An image set to Full Width becomes a centred image of the dragged width.
- Alignment. Align Left, Center, Align Right or Full Width—in the bar above the image or in the block menu.
- Replacing and original. Replace Image swaps the image; Open Original shows a saved image at its original size.
- Enlarging. Without Edit, clicking the image enlarges it (Enlarge Image).
Divider
A Divider is a horizontal line without content.Formatting and links
When you select text, the formatting bar appears above it:
There is also the line break. Pasted text keeps these five formats and the line
break from its formatting. Ctrl+Shift+V pastes text without any formatting.
Link to an address. Link opens the Address field. A link leads to an address
with
http://, https:// or mailto:; Docusnap365 completes an address without
one of these to https://. Apply or the Enter key sets the link; applying an
empty field removes it. When you point at a link, a bar appears with the address,
Open (in a new tab), the pencil to change it and Remove.
Link into the document. As long as the Address field is empty, it offers the
targets in the document: the chapters and, below them, their saved headings.
Clicking such a link offers Jump to Heading or Jump to Chapter—also into
another chapter.
If you delete a heading that a link in the same chapter points to, that link is
removed at once; the text stays. A link from another chapter shows “Target no
longer exists.” when clicked and offers Choose a New Target.
Block actions
Every block has a block menu. You open it in three ways:- by clicking the handle ⠿ in the left margin next to the block—dragging the handle moves the block,
- by right-clicking anywhere in the block,
- with Shift+F10 in the block the cursor is in.
- What belongs to the block kind: for a Callout the five states, for an Image Replace Image, the four alignments and Open Original, for a Table Full Width and merging and splitting cells.
- Convert To—Text, Heading (Level 1 to Level 6), the three list kinds and Callout; for text, headings, lists and callouts.
- Move Up, Move Down.
- Copy, Cut, Duplicate and, once you have copied something, Paste.
- Insert Block Above, Insert Block Below.
- Deleting, named after the kind: Delete Text, Delete Heading, Delete List, Delete Table, Delete Image, Delete Callout, Delete Divider.
- by clicking the handle ⠿; Shift+click extends the selection,
- by right-clicking in the block,
- by dragging a frame next to the blocks across several blocks,
- with Esc in the text—this selects the block the cursor is in,
- with Shift+arrow key beyond the edge of the text,
- with Ctrl+Shift+End or Ctrl+Shift+Home up to the end or start of the chapter,
- with Ctrl+A twice—the first selects only the text of the block, the second every block.
Undo and find
Undo (Ctrl+Z) and Redo (Ctrl+Y) are in the toolbar. They work per chapter: a chapter’s steps are kept when you switch to another chapter and end when editing ends. Find and Replace—the magnifier in the toolbar, Ctrl+F or Ctrl+H—opens the fields Find and Replace with with Replace and Replace All. The Enter key jumps to the next match, Shift+Enter to the previous one. The search covers the open chapter: text, list items, titles and paragraphs of callouts, and table cells.Headings and reading width
Headings. To the right of the text, the Headings bar lists the headings of the open chapter, indented by level. Clicking an entry jumps to the heading. If the chapter has no heading or the window is narrow, navigate with the Table of Contents. Reading width. The Full Width / Reading Width button in the toolbar switches between the reading width of the text and the whole width of the area— useful for chapters with wide tables, when reading as well as when editing. It appears as soon as the area is wider than the reading width. Your browser remembers the choice.Keyboard shortcuts
The question mark in the toolbar opens Editor Tips with the shortcuts and gestures. The complete list:Saving
Docusnap365 does not save automatically. Save or Ctrl+S saves every changed chapter of the tab at once. Switching to another chapter does not save; the chapter you left keeps its changes until you save or cancel editing. A dot in the Table of Contents marks the unsaved chapters. Below the chapter title a line shows where the chapter stands:
If you write a chapter back to its saved state, it counts as saved again. When a
chapter grows very large, the notice Large Chapter appears above the content.
Backup copy
Docusnap365 also keeps unsaved chapter content, newly created chapters and renamings in your browser’s storage. The next time you open the document, Docusnap365 asks once: Unsaved changes found—with Restore or Discard. If someone else has saved one of the chapters in the meantime, the question says so: saving the restored changes replaces that state. The copy is removed as soon as everything is saved, and when you cancel editing.If a chapter cannot be saved, Docusnap365 names the reason. If someone else has
saved the chapter in the meantime, your changes are kept and Reload Chapter
fetches the new state. If the document’s status has changed or you may no longer
save the chapter, editing ends. If the chapter no longer exists, Docusnap365
reloads the chapter list. A chapter that exceeds the allowed size is not saved.