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The editor πŸ“

PRO TIP: You can use the Table of contents ( 𝍌 in the top bar ) to the side to easily navigate if you have any specific areas of interest

Basics

  1. Toggle between light mode and dark mode by clicking the ☼ / ☾ section in Settings

  2. The format bar up top should be self explanatory, some cool features we do have is a youtube embed, AI Generation, Scratch space - You can remove the format bar in settings 🎈

  3. There is also a word count at the bottom

  4. Enter a "/" anywhere to see the inline commands (these tend to be the same commands as the format bar up top)

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Context menu's

Select this text

An explanation

Selecting any text displays a contextual menu offering options to…

  1. Highlight

  2. Bold

  3. italics

  4. Underline

  5. Strike through

  6. Add some code

  7. Add a link to a website

  8. Change the colour of text

  9. Edit text inline with AI

Shortcuts

Key Action
cmd/ctrl + S Save file
cmd/ctrl + Z Undo
Shift + cmd/ctrl + Z Redo
/ inline commands
1. Start numbered bullets
enter (when in bullet points) Next bullet point
cmd/ctrl + F Search
cmd/ctrl + shift + T Table of contents

In Hillnote you can link documents to go to pages like the Start Here page you probably were just on.
Click on the link to go to the document.

Scratch Spaces

Need a quiet space to work things out, think through ideas, or just do some private brainstorming?

That's what scratch spaces are for!

Your private thoughts go here. Also you can collapse and expand scratch spaces.

Import and Export options

In Hillnote you can export documents either as a HTML by clicking on the 3 dot menu above.

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Navigating documents

You can navigate between documents by using the sidebar. You can use the below icon to toggle the sidebar on and off. Screenshot 2025-08-13 at 5.41.48β€―PM.pngTo create a new document or a folder to better organise the document press the β€˜+’ symbol.

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Word count and time to read

Available at the bottom of the page.

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The sidebar 🧸

You should see a few options in the top bar. These would be the sidebar options.

  1. πŸ’¬ Chat - talk to your AI model.

  2. πŸ‘οΈ Preview - You can open web pages or PDFs side-by-side with your text.

  3. πŸ”Ž Search - Allows you to search the document for text or even answers.

  4. 𝍌 Table of contents - Breaks your document down to its headings to generate a table of contents you can use to navigate to relevant sections

Customising the options

You can customise the options to show and hide them in settings under editor settings

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Advanced: Source mode

All files in Hillnote are stored in the universally accessible format Markdown πŸ‘‡πŸ½

To view the RAW markdown format

Click on the </> button to enter source mode. Here you can directly edit the file or edit the syntax to change formatting. Markdown was designed to be human readable so its easy to read/edit once you get the hang of it.

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Author's Notes

Rajath Bail 5/9/2025

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