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Fundamento main function is a rich-text editor. It’s similar to any word processor with the difference it operates on Blocks representing various content type (plain text, images, tables, etc.), which you can modify and reorder in new ways. To aid you in editing Documents Fundamento provides you the following features.

Left margin menu

When hovering over document the following buttons will be displayed on the left of the hovered Block.

  • + brings up Block Menu that allows you to add a new content to your document as: headings, basic blocks, media, emoji and advanced components like charts, formulas, or advanced tables.
  • ⋮⋮ drag and drop to reorder block, click to open actions menu:
    • Turn into transforms the block into another type, i.e. paragraph into header
    • Delete deletes block from the document
    • Colors appears only for certain blocks, turning them into a different color (text and background separately)

Slash menu

Typing / while editing document brings up Block Menu. It works similar to + button from left margin menu - it allows you to add a new content to your document. Examples:

  • type /heading to add Heading block
  • type /image to add Image
  • type /bullet to add Bullet List
  • etc.

Text formatting toolbar

Highlight any text to see the formatting toolbar: image.png

You can decorate the highlighted fragment in following ways:

  • apply styling (bold, italic, underline, strike-through),
  • change text or background color
  • create link
  • nest (or unnest) whole block to the right (or left)
    • tab and shift+tab shortcuts work for this as well

Markdown and shortcuts

Fundamento supports many Markdown shortcuts. While typing:

  • Type ** on both sides of your text to bold.
  • Type * on both sides of your text to italicize.
  • Type ` on both sides of your text to create inline code. (That’s the symbol to the left of your 1 key.)
  • Type ~~ on both sides of your text to strikethrough.
  • Type @ to reference other Document (or Table) from Fundamento or mention a person from your Organization

At the beginning of any line of text, try these shortcuts:

  • Type * , -, or + followed by space to create a bulleted list.
  • Type [] to create a to-do checkbox. (There’s no space in between.)
  • Type 1. followed by space to create a numbered list.
  • Type # followed by space to create an H1 heading.
  • Type ## followed by space to create an H2 sub-heading.
  • Type ### followed by space to create an H3 sub-heading.
  • Type ``` followed by enter to create code block.

You can also use following shortcuts to turn focused block:

  • ctrl + alt + 1 turns block into H1 heading.
  • ctrl + alt + 2 turns block into H2 sub-heading.
  • ctrl + alt + 3 turns block into H3 sub-heading.
  • ctrl + alt + 0 turns block into plain paragraph.
  • ctrl + shift + 7 turns block into numbered list.
  • ctrl + shift + 8 turns block into bullet list.
  • ctrl + shift + 9 turns block into checklist list.

Other Editor shortcuts include:

  • ctrl + z to undo last edit.
  • ctrl + y to redo.
  • tab to nest current block.
  • shift + tab to unnest current block.
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