Using the Text Editor
Learn how to get the most out of our custom text editor to create new articles that help customers or your team.
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- Upgrading to the Block Editor Upgrade to the Block editor for easier article creation with less clicking, a cleaner interface, and powerful new features. Takes just a few clicks, and your content is preserved.
- Introduction to the Block Editor New Block Editor: Write smarter, not harder. Slash commands, instant block changes, pure documentation magic! 🚀
- Working with Blocks Craft killer docs with block magic: add, drag, transform content effortlessly. No coding needed! 🧱
- Formatting & Styling Content Supercharge content creation with Block editor's intuitive tools, instant formatting, and drag-and-drop magic ✨
- Shortcuts in the Block Editor Master Block Editor shortcuts to create content effortlessly. Learn markdown, slash commands, and keyboard shortcuts for formatting like a pro!
- Embedding Files We host your images and files up to 5MB, and you can embed videos, PDFs and more. Use the /image, /file and /embed blocks in the article editor.
- Using the Decision Tree Build an interactive troubleshooter in the Block Editor. Ask a question, give readers answers, and send each answer down its own path to an outcome.
- Using the Inline Toolbar Highlight text in the Block Editor to reveal the inline toolbar—the fastest way to format content without hunting through menus. Click icons to apply formatting.
- Using the Steps Block Steps block creates properly numbered walkthroughs with dedicated image slots per step. Auto-numbering updates on reorder/delete. Choose Stacked or Carousel layout. Max 20 steps.
- Understanding Block Types Explore the Block editor's toolbox of building blocks for articles—from text and media to tables and buttons. Use slash commands (type /) to access all available blocks.
- Using the Tabs Block Put alternative versions of the same instructions behind horizontal tabs, so readers pick the one that applies instead of scrolling past the rest.
- Using the Mermaid Diagram Block Draw flowcharts, sequence diagrams and more from a few lines of text, with a live preview in the editor and a diagram that matches every theme.