Create a document
- Open Docs.
- Select New document. A new Untitled document opens right away.
- Replace the title and start typing.
- Watch for the Saved indicator. Once it appears, your work is safe.
A block editor, not a text box
Type/ on an empty line to open the block menu. Most blocks also have a keyboard shortcut.
- Text: headings 1 to 6 (plus toggle variants), paragraphs, quotes, dividers.
- Lists: toggle, numbered, bullet, and check lists.
- Code: code blocks with syntax highlighting.
- Media: image, video, audio, and file blocks, each resizable, each with a caption.
- Other: tables with editable cells, and an emoji picker.
Organize documents into a tree
Every document in the sidebar can hold children. Use New document inside on a document’s Actions menu to nest one beneath it: the parent gains a collapse arrow, and the child gets a breadcrumb back up. Move up and Move down in the same menu reorder documents. Two menus hold different powers. The … menu in the toolbar only renames, duplicates, and deletes. Nesting and reordering live in the sidebar’s Actions menu.Deleting is permanent. There is no version history, no trash, and no restore. Deleting a parent deletes every document inside it, and Brightstack says so in the warning. If an edit makes you nervous, duplicate the document first.