Manuscripts are rarely just text. The editor supports figures, tables, equations, and other media as first-class blocks, inserted from the Insert menu, the toolbar, or the slash menu (type / on an empty line).
Images & figures
You can add an image in any of these ways:
- Choose Image from the Insert menu or slash menu, then pick a file.
- Drag an image file from your desktop straight into the page.
- Paste an image, or paste a link to embed it from the web.
Once placed, drag the side handles to resize, and use the image toolbar to align it, expand it to full view, or download the original. Select Write a caption beneath the image to label your figure.
Charts in manuscripts
Choose Use in documents on a chart, or browse charts from the editor’s Data panel. Preview the figure, add its caption, then create a document or select an editable manuscript. For an existing document, insert at the end or choose a cursor position. The new document opens with its figure already in place.
Select the figure and open Figure settings to choose text width or a custom width in millimetres. Preview a new size before applying it: the chart redraws its labels and legend for that width. Set alt text, label font, alignment and 300 or 600 dpi under Accessibility and presentation. Click the artwork to enlarge it and, where available, inspect the retained plotted values.
A manuscript keeps a fixed capture. Changes to the source chart do not change your figure automatically. Choose Update from source, inspect the preview, and apply it when ready. Your caption and cross-reference target stay with the figure; Undo restores the previous artwork. Historical images can be resized proportionally, but their original data may not be available for redrawing.
Chart figures participate in figure numbering and cross-references alongside ordinary images. PDF, HTML and Word exports include their artwork, caption and attribution. LaTeX export downloads a ZIP containing the manuscript and its figure files; unzip it before compiling. Figure settings also offers SVG, PDF, PNG, TIFF and a separate figure-details file. SVG and PDF require a retained vector master.
Tables
Insert a table from the Insert or slash menu. Hovering the table edges reveals controls to add rows and columns, and cells support the same formatting as body text. Header rows keep large tables readable.
Equations
The editor supports display equations as their own block and inline equations within a sentence. Insert either from the slash menu (Equation and Inline equation) and write standard mathematical notation.
Video, audio, files & more
Beyond figures and tables, the Insert and slash menus offer further blocks, including:
- Video and audio embeds, with captions like images.
- File attachments for supplementary material.
- Code blocks, callouts, columns, quotes, and dividers for structure.
- A table of contents generated from your headings.
- Footnotes, plus academic blocks such as citations; see Citations & bibliographies.