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Editor basics and the command menu

Find your way around the fynk editor: the command menu, the elements panel, preview mode, search and replace, and keyboard shortcuts.

Written By Sebastian

Last updated About 3 hours ago

The fynk editor works much like Word or Google Docs, but it also knows about parties, dynamic fields and signature blocks. You use it for templates and for documents created in fynk.

Available on all plans

Edit mode and preview

  • Templates can always be edited.

  • Documents open in preview. Switch to Edit in the document header to make changes.

  • Once signing has started, the document is locked. To change it, you have to stop signing and enable editing again, and existing signatures are removed. See Change signatories or cancel signing after it has started.

The preview shows the document as it will look when it's sent: with the dynamic field values filled in, without hidden conditional text, without highlights and without invisible table borders. Page breaks and headers and footers only appear in the PDF.

The command menu

Press Ctrl+P (Windows) or Cmd+P (Mac), or select some text, to open the command menu. From here you can:

  • choose text styles (title, heading, subheading, normal text), font, size and colour

  • set alignment, indentation and line spacing, and copy formatting

  • create lists, tables and page breaks, and insert a table of contents

  • add dynamic fields, party placeholders, signature blocks, conditions and cross-references

  • use AI to write, translate or correct text. See AI writing tools in the editor.

The elements panel

In the Insert element panel on the right, you find the parties, dynamic fields and signature blocks of the document. Drag them into the text, or click them to edit their settings.

Search and replace

Use search and replace to find a word or phrase and replace every occurrence at once. You can also replace text with a party placeholder or a dynamic field. This is useful after importing a Word file, for example to turn every "[Customer]" into the customer's name placeholder.

Images

Insert images with the image icon. Click an image to align it left, centre or right, let text flow around it, resize it or delete it.

Keyboard shortcuts

ActionWindowsMac
Command menuCtrl+PCmd+P
Paste without formattingCtrl+Shift+VCmd+Shift+V
Undo / RedoCtrl+Z / Ctrl+Shift+ZCmd+Z / Cmd+Shift+Z
Line break within a paragraphShift+Enter or Ctrl+EnterShift+Enter or Cmd+Enter
Normal text / Title / Heading / SubheadingCtrl+Alt+0 / 1 / 2 / 3Cmd+Alt+0 / 1 / 2 / 3
Bold / Italic / UnderlineCtrl+B / I / UCmd+B / I / U
Align left / centre / right / justifyCtrl+Shift+L / E / R / JCmd+Shift+L / E / R / J
Subscript / SuperscriptCtrl+, / Ctrl+.Cmd+, / Cmd+.
Extend the selection to the start / end of the documentCtrl+Shift+Up / DownCmd+Shift+Up / Down

Good to know

  • Save your changes before leaving the editor. [CHECK: how saving works]

  • Use Chrome, Edge or Firefox for the best performance with long documents. [CHECK: Safari note]

  • If fynk shows a warning about duplicate IDs after pasting content, click Auto-fix.

  • Custom fonts can't be uploaded. Choose from the fonts in the command menu.