Writing & Editing
Format your text and use Dabble's editor tools: images, spelling, the thesaurus, find and replace, and Read to Me.
This is where the words actually land on the page.
Not the outlining, not the plotting. The writing itself. How formatting gets out of your way, and how the tools stay close enough to grab without breaking the spell.
Bold and italics. Lists and markdown shortcuts. Images, spell check, the thesaurus, find and replace, and Dabble reading the whole draft back to you.
Everything in this section is about one thing: keeping you and your words together.
Guides in this topic
- Format text in your manuscriptFormat text in Dabble: bold, italic, underline, and strikethrough from the selection toolbar, headings from the Formatting Toolbar, and where every other format lives.
- Add links, blockquotes, and highlightsAdd web links, set quotes apart with blockquotes, and color-mark passages with highlights in the Dabble editor.
- Create lists with markdown shortcutsBuild bulleted, numbered, and checklist lists in the Dabble editor by typing simple markdown shortcuts, with no menus required.
- Format letters and poemsUse Dabble's built-in blockquote styles and soft line breaks to format poems, verse, and letters in your manuscript.
- Insert breaks, images, and property listsHover a blank line to open Dabble's plus menu and drop in a chapter break, scene split, image, divider, or a property list for structured notes.
- Add images to your manuscriptInsert images into your manuscript and notes, upload your own or search Unsplash, then resize and align them right in the editor.
- Check spelling and grammarTurn on Dabble's built-in spelling, grammar, and style checking, fix flagged issues, build your dictionary, and set the checking language.
- Look up synonyms with the ThesaurusOpen Dabble's built-in Thesaurus to find synonyms without leaving your manuscript, so you can swap the word you've already used four times this page.
- Find and replace textFind and replace text across your manuscript and notebook in Dabble: search any word or phrase, jump between matches, and swap them out one at a time or all at once.
- The command paletteOpen Dabble's command palette (Quick Open) to search your whole project by title and full text, then jump straight to any document or note.
- Use Read to Me (text-to-speech)Have Dabble read your manuscript aloud with Read to Me text-to-speech, so you can catch awkward lines, typos, and pacing problems by ear.