Editor
The editor is where you write. Open a scene from the Explorer and you land directly in its prose — no setup, no story entities, and no AI required to draft, revise, or save.
While you write, you can always tell which book, chapter, and scene you are in, and whether your work is saved. Structure, properties, and search stay one click away without pulling you out of the text.
Writing and formatting
Writer Studio supports Markdown and a small set of formatting for drafting:
| Format | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Bold | Cmd/Ctrl+B |
| Italic | Cmd/Ctrl+I |
| Block quote | from the right-click menu |
| Heading | from the right-click menu |
Formatting is reachable from the right-click menu on a selection or at the cursor. There is no action toolbar above the prose — the writing surface stays clean.
Headings inside a scene are content (an in-scene title or letter heading), not structure. They never create chapters or parts, and export renders them as text styles.
To split a scene, select the passage and use Extract to new scene (see Structure) — there are no manual scene separators inside a scene.
Russian typography
Writer Studio formats your prose as native Russian by default. When you save a scene it applies:
- «ёлочки» as the outer quotes, with nested „лапки"
- Em-dash dialogue
- Non-breaking spaces after prepositions
This runs automatically on save, not as you type, so writing stays smooth. It is on by default and travels with the project; turn it off and save leaves your text exactly as written. Text that arrives raw — pasted or imported — is not silently rewritten; proofreading flags it instead so you stay in control.
Keyboard shortcuts
Editing
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Cmd/Ctrl+Z |
Undo |
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Z |
Redo |
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+D |
Duplicate current block |
Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+K |
Delete current block |
Search and replace
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Cmd/Ctrl+F |
Open find and replace |
Enter |
Next match |
Shift+Enter |
Previous match |
Esc |
Close find |
Find and replace
Cmd/Ctrl+F opens find and replace for the current writing context. You can match case, and replace one match or all of them. A replace-all is undoable, so a sweeping change is never one-way.
Focus mode and typewriter scrolling
Focus (Zen) mode strips away visual noise so only your prose stands out — yet you can still see which book, chapter, and scene you are in and the current save state without leaving the mode. Focus mode is available from the toolbar or the command palette. Typewriter scrolling keeps the active line at a fixed position on screen as you write; turn it on from the command palette or Settings > Editor.
Reading and comfort
- The editor follows the app theme, including a dark theme — set it in Settings.
- You can set the prose font family and size for the writing surface; these are your device preferences and never change export output.
- A larger view can present a chapter, part, or whole book as one continuous section with scene boundaries visible.
Saving your work
Your writing saves automatically — there is no save button to remember. The save state is always visible at a glance: unsaved, saving, saved, or, in the rare case it is needed, a clear path to recover. Autosave and crash recovery keep your manuscript safe in the background. See Safety and recovery.
AI in the editor
If you turn AI on, the same assistant works inside the editor through the same actions you have — editing text, search and replace, extract to scene, and navigation. Any change to your manuscript text waits for your approval before it applies, and nothing happens unless you ask. The editor is complete without it. See AI assistant.
See also: Structure | Item properties | Search