Guide/Part Six · Review & edit

Formatting, structural & alignment suggestions

Beyond text, you can propose changes to formatting, prose structure, and paragraph alignment.

• Formatting: select a range and press a mark shortcut (e.g. Ctrl+B / ⌘B) or click a mark button on the toolbar. A neutral margin note like “Apply bold” appears, tied to the range by a connector. On text set in a typeface style such as Black, it proposes the change to the family's bold or regular (or italic or upright), and the margin note names the style being removed, such as “Remove Black”. Everything one key press proposes is one suggestion, accepted, rejected, or discarded together. Ctrl+\ / ⌘\ proposes clearing the formatting.
• Structural: press Tab to propose a first-line indent, Shift+Tab / ⇧Tab to flush left, or Backspace at a paragraph start to propose merging it with the one above. These show as emerald proofreader's marks in the margin; the page text doesn't move until the change is accepted.
• Alignment: use the toolbar's Align dropdown, or press Ctrl+L, E, R, or J / ⌘L, ⌘E, ⌘R, or ⌘J. This one applies live, so the page re-aligns, with an emerald glyph marking it as still a proposal.