How to use the chapter editor in WriteWithPaige

Step by step

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   Step 1: Open a chapter

   Tap a chapter in the Chapters list. On a phone, it opens in the “Editor” tab. Type a title in “Chapter title...” and start writing where it says “Begin writing your chapter...”.

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   Step 2: Format your text

   Use the toolbar above the page for bold, italics, headings, quotes and lists. On a phone, the short bar shows the basics. Tap “More formatting” for the rest.

   

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   Step 3: Select a passage to work on it

   Highlight some text. A small toolbar appears with “Pin”, “Note”, “Ask AI” and “Visualize”, plus the word count of what you selected.

   

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   Step 4: Try a quick rewrite

   With text selected, pick “Tighten”, “Smooth flow”, “Vary sentences”, “Fix grammar” or “Punch up dialogue”. Paige shows the change in green and struck-through grey. Tap “Apply” to keep it or “Dismiss” to leave your text as it was.

   

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   Step 5: Watch the save label

   The button at the right end of the status bar shows “Saving...” then “Saved”. You never need to press it, but you can, or press ⌘S (Mac) or Ctrl+S (Windows).

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   Step 6: Clear the screen when you want to focus

   On a computer, tap “Focus” in the status bar to hide everything but the page. On any device, open ⋯ and tap “Reading mode” to read the chapter full screen.

The toolbar on a computer

The toolbar sits above the page. Hover over any button to see its name.

The toolbar on a phone

The phone bar keeps what you use most: bold, italic, strikethrough, colour, undo, redo and the microphone. On the right is “Reading mode: just the text”, which is the quickest way to read a chapter back on a small screen.

Tap “More formatting” (the down arrow) to open two more rows: font, text size, line spacing, the three heading sizes, lists, quote, divider and alignment. Tap the arrow again (“Collapse toolbar”) to tuck them away.

The selection toolbar

Highlight any text and this toolbar appears above it.

Quick rewrites

Select at least a sentence and a second bubble offers one-tap rewrites. You see “Rewriting…”, then the change marked up: new words in green, removed words struck through.

Tap “Apply” to swap it in, or “Dismiss” to keep your original. If you type in that passage while Paige is working, “Apply” is turned off and you see “Text changed since this rewrite”, so nothing you just wrote gets overwritten.

Quick rewrites come out of a daily allowance that is larger on paid plans. When it runs out you see “Daily limit reached”.

The status bar under the page

The thin bar under the page shows where you stand and holds the chapter tools.

Every save label, and what to do

The editor saves by itself shortly after you stop typing. The button tells you how that went.

Conflicts and unsaved-changes recovery

A conflict shows “Two versions of this chapter exist.” with “Yours” and “Other copy” side by side and the number of differences. Tap “Compare” to see them. Tap passages from the other copy to bring them in, then “Merge”. Or choose “Keep all mine” or “Use all theirs”. If only the title differs, tap “Save with this title”. Afterwards a strip says “Versions resolved.” with “Undo”.

If you close the tab before your words are saved, the editor keeps a copy on that device. When you come back you see “Unsaved changes found from” a time, with the word count, and “Restore them?”. Tap “Restore” to bring them back or “Discard” to drop them. On a computer, your browser also asks before you close a page with unsaved edits.

Focus mode and Reading mode

“Focus” hides the left rail, the sidebar, the tabs and the side chat, so only the page is left. Press Esc or tap “Exit Focus” to come back. It is on computers only.

“Reading mode” shows the chapter full screen as plain text, with no tools. It works on phones too, from the phone toolbar or ⋯. Press Esc or tap the close button (“Exit reading mode”).

Keyboard shortcuts

There is no shortcuts list inside the app, so here they are. Use ⌘ on a Mac and Ctrl on Windows.

Questions