The Format Menu provides essential tools to apply typographic styles to text in the Main Text area. This formatting is reflected in the editor view, print preview, printed output, and PDF exports.

To apply formatting:

1. Select the desired text in the main body
2. Use one of: Format > [Style], keyboard shortcut, or toolbar button

To remove formatting: Reselect the text and reapply the same formatting command (toggle behavior)

	Note: Multiple styles can be combined (e.g., bold + italic). Formatting applies only to the Main Text, not apparatus notes or metadata.

Users can apply several types of lists to document text

	Note Important: Bulleted and numbered lists cannot be applied inside document notes.

Numbered Lists:

• Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3, …)
• Roman numerals (I, II, III, … or i, ii, iii, …)
• Alphabetical sequences (A, B, C, … or a, b, c, …)

Bulleted Lists:

• Standard bullet (•), Hollow bullet (◦), Solid square (▪)
• Styles cycle automatically with each level of indentation

How to apply a list:

1. Select text or place cursor where list should begin
2. Use the List button in toolbar or Format > List
3. Choose desired list type from dropdown

• Pressing Enter creates a new list item with auto-incremented numbering
• Pressing Tab increases indentation and creates a nested sub-list
• Multiple levels of nesting are supported

• Convert list types via Format > List menu
• Remove list formatting by clicking the active list button again or pressing Shift+Tab

For numbered and alphabetical lists, you can:

• Resume Numbering: Start a new list from the last number/letter used previously
• Continue Previous Numbering: Automatically continue numbering after intervening content

Use indentation to create hierarchy in lists or structure plain paragraphs:

	Note Important: Indentation affects only the text portion of a paragraph or list item—the list marker (number, letter, or bullet) remains aligned with the list's base level.

Each paragraph or list item can be aligned independently:

• Left (default), Center, Right, Justified

To change alignment:

1. Select text or place cursor in the line
2. Use alignment buttons in toolbar or Format > Text menu

Unprintable (or “non-printing”) characters are formatting symbols used to structure your text:

How to show/hide unprintable characters:

• Keyboard: Press F7
• Menu: Format > Font > Nonprinting Characters
• Toolbar: Click the ¶ icon

	Note Important: When enabled, unprintable characters appear inline with subtle light gray styling that doesn't interfere with readability.

Keyboard Shortcuts:

	Bookmarks and Comments: Copy does not transfer associated objects (bookmarks, comments, links). Cut+Paste retains or reassigns them appropriately.

What Can You Undo/Redo:

Standard Editing Actions:

• Typing, deleting, or editing text
• Applying formatting (bold, italic, underline, font size, color, alignment)
• Cutting or pasting content

Custom Workflow Actions:

• Adding, editing, or removing comments and annotations
• Managing bookmarks for quick navigation
• Inserting or editing bibliographic references
• Working with footnotes, marginal notes, and apparatus entries

How to Use:

• Toolbar: Click ↶ Undo or ↷ Redo icon
• Menu: Edit > Undo or Edit > Redo
• Keyboard: Ctrl+Z (undo), Ctrl+⇧+Z (redo) / ⌘Z, ⇧⌘Z

	Warning: Apparatus Entries Limitation: Apparatus entries can only be created from the main text. Once deleted, they cannot be restored via Undo because the system cannot determine which text they should link to.