To start writing on your phone, tap New document at the top of your dashboard. From there, you can either import a Markdown file or create a blank document.

When you first create or open a document, you’ll see the text editor and formatting bar, but there’s lots more behind the scenes!

At the top of your editor, you’ll see several options, like the:

Tap the stacked document icon at the top left to open the left-hand panel. (You can learn more about docs and drafts here.) From this view, you can:

Tap the three lines on the top right to open the right-hand panel and reveal your editing, collaboration, and sharing options.

The most frequent formatting options—undo/redo, bold, and italics—are pinned to the top of the editor for easy access.

You can accomplish almost anything with our mobile web app. Check out other help center articles to learn about editing your docs in Ellipsus.

Drafts give you (and your collaborators) space to iterate and experiment. There are two ways to create a draft on mobile.

Tap the three-dot menu on your document card and tap New draft. Or, if you want to duplicate an existing draft, tap its three-dot menu and select Duplicate.

Scroll to the bottom and select Create a draft.

When you’re ready to move to the next stage of your writing, you can merge your draft with your main document.

Open you draft and tap the three lines on the top right to open the right-hand panel. Scroll to the bottom and 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:

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.