# Editor basics

The editor is where most of your time in Workover goes. It behaves the way a modern editor should, so this page is mostly about the few things that are specific to Workover.

## Writing

Type. There is no save button — every keystroke is persisted as you go, and periodically a version is recorded so you can go back to any earlier state. If your connection drops mid-sentence, keep typing; the editor reconciles when it returns.

Formatting works three ways, and they all produce the same result:

- **Markdown shortcuts as you type.** `##` becomes a heading, `-` a bullet, `>` a quote, ``` wraps code, `1.` an ordered list. `---` on its own line becomes a divider.
- **The `/` menu.** Type `/` on an empty line for headings, lists, tables, code blocks, images, callouts and dividers.
- **The toolbar**, for selections — bold, italic, links, alignment, colour.

## Keyboard shortcuts

The usual ones apply: `⌘B` bold, `⌘I` italic, `⌘U` underline, `⌘K` link, `⌘Z` undo, `⇧⌘Z` redo. `⌘K` with text selected turns it into a link; with nothing selected it opens search.

`Esc` closes whatever is open — the slash menu, a link editor, a panel.

## Pasting

Paste is the feature worth knowing about. Workover looks at what you paste and converts it rather than dumping it:

- **Markdown** pasted as plain text becomes formatted rich text. Paste a Claude or ChatGPT answer and it arrives as headings and lists, not asterisks. See [pasting Markdown](/docs/markdown-paste).
- **Rich text** from Google Docs, Word or a web page keeps its structure and drops the foreign styling.
- **Images** paste straight in and upload in the background.

## Links

`⌘K` over a selection, or just paste a URL over selected text. Internal links to other documents work the same way — paste the document’s URL.

## Tables, code and media

Tables come from the `/` menu and can be resized by dragging. Code blocks take a language for syntax highlighting — see [code blocks](/docs/how-to-insert-code-blocks). Images can be dragged in, pasted, or added from the `/` menu; [images and media](/docs/images-and-media) covers where they are stored and what happens to them on publish.

## Working with other people

If someone else opens the same document you will see their cursor and their avatar in the corner. Both of you can type at once; the editor merges as you go rather than locking.

Select text and comment on it, or propose a change as a tracked suggestion for someone to accept — [comments and suggestions](/docs/comments-and-suggestions).

## Tabs

A document can hold several tabs, and only one of them syncs to WordPress. That is how you keep a brief or research notes beside the copy without them reaching your site. See [document tabs](/docs/document-tabs).

## Related

- [Document tabs](/docs/document-tabs)
- [Comments and suggestions](/docs/comments-and-suggestions)
- [Version history](/docs/version-history)