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Using Ellipsus on your smartphone

After installing Ellipsus on your smartphone, you’ll land on your Dashboard, where you can access all your documents and folders (My work), create something new, collaborate and add comments on work shared with you (Shared), access your Settings, or Get support.

Your Dashboard includes the bottom bar, where you can switch between:

  • My work: All your documents and folders.

  • Shared: Documents collaborators have shared with you.

  • + button: From the + button, you can create new documents and folders, import Markdown files, and create docs from Ellipsus templates.

  • Settings: Access your settings page to choose a profile pic and username, set passwords, and change your theme.

  • Get support: Reach out to our support team.

Create a new document, folder, or template

From the Dashboard, tap the + button at the bottom center of the screen.

You can:

  • Create a new document

  • Import a Markdown (.md) file

  • Create a folder

  • Create a document from an Ellipsus template

Navigating your documents

Switching between drafts

Ellipsus supports any number drafts per document. To create drafts and navigate between them:

  • Tap the stacked-document icon in the top-left corner of the editor.

This will open the left sidebar showing:

  • Your document, and all its connected drafts

  • Quick navigation back to your folder or Dashboard (tap the folder name or My work at the top left.

To return to your Dashboard or your document's folder:

Inside the left sidebar, tap:

  • The folder name to return to its contents

  • My work to go back to the main dashboard

Explore the Right sidebar

Tap the three-line icon on the top right to open the right-hand sidebar, where you’ll find:

  • Format: Format your document.

  • Outline: See your document's structure and navigate to any header.

  • Find and replace: Search your text or replace terms.

  • Spell check: Toggle spell check on or off.

  • Comments: Comment and reply on drafts (see below).

  • Chat: Chat with collaborators directly inside the document. Each doc and draft has its own dedicated conversation.

  • Collaborators: Invite collaborators, share by link, and manage access with Permissions.

  • Share and export: Share view-only links, downloads, or publish directly to AO3.

  • Document info: See your doc's information.

Formatting your document on mobile

Formatting on mobile lives in a dedicated bottom sheet. To access the formatting tools:

  • In the right sidebar, select Format.

  • A bottom sheet appears, with:

    • Headings

    • Bold, italics, underline, strikethrough

    • Lists

    • Alignment

    • Code, quotes, and more!

Merge drafts on mobile

Open you draft and tap the three dots on the top right of the draft card. Tap Compare changes to open the compare screen.

Tap Main + changes to see how your current draft compares to the main document. This view will likely have some color coding:

  • Text highlighted in green will be added to the main document

  • Text highlighted in red will be removed

  • Text that is not highlighted will be unchanged

If you want to edit your draft before merging, tap the draft name on the left to reveal it. You can continue to edit your text in this view.

Tap Merge in the top right when you’re ready to merge your draft into the main document. Once merged, your original document will be updated with the latest changes and the current draft will be closed and set to Merged.

Commenting on mobile

Mobile comments have been redesigned to make feedback fast and easy to follow (even with multiple collaborators).

Add a comment

  • Create a draft from the main document

  • Highlight text

  • Tap the Comment icon in the left sidebar

  • Type your comment and send, reply to comments, or resolve them

Add GIFs

  • Open the comment input

  • Tap the GIFs icon

  • Search Giphy and select for the perfect reaction, with or without text

Read and navigate comments

Tap any comment to open a bottom sheet where you can:

  • Flip through threads with the navigation arrows, without losing your place

  • See every thread in one scrollable list by tapping View all

  • Filter by collaborator to see comments from everyone, comments from a specific collaborator, or only your comments

Share your work

In the left sidebar, you can:

  • Invite Collaborators, or share links with permissions.

  • Share and export, including:

    • Share view-only document links

    • Download as PDF or Markdown

    • Copy as HTML, Markdown, or Rich Text

    • Or publish directly to AO3

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