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\title{Authorea 2.0: our new editor, explained}


 \author{The Authorea Team}


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\section*{A new era}\label{a-new-era}

\textbf{Fall marks a new era for Authorea.} Summer was already very
eventful -- 8,200+ custom journal templates, increased rendering speed,
dictionary support for new languages, improved article metadata, better
import and export functionality, and many more improvements (see
\href{https://www.authorea.com/users/3/articles/156875-the-authorea-open-product-roadmap}{our
product roadmap}). Fall is going to be even more eventful! We are
launching a modern design and an improved rich-text editor!~Our editor
``rewrite'' marks the culmination of months of work and it is the
biggest project we've undertaken since founding Authorea. We hope you'll
like it.\\

We'll be rolling out the new Editor to all our users over the next few
weeks after our
\href{https://www.authorea.com/users/8850/articles/128404/_show_article}{private
beta test}. You'll get a message very soon with a link to opt-in. Here
are some of the updates we think you'll find exciting:\\

\section*{A modern new look}\label{a-modern-new-look}

It took a long time but we finally have a \textbf{dashing new look}:
familiar and easy to use like most modern word processors, and at the
same time perfectly tailored for the writing needs of researchers. And
this is just the beginning. We will continue improving your reading and
writing experience.\\\selectlanguage{english}
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\section*{}\label{section}

\section*{Autosave}\label{autosave}

There is very little to add here: saving, saving, saving, 
\textbf{saved}! Never lose any work as Authorea now saves in the
background for you and your collaborators.\\

\section*{One-click editing~}\label{one-click-editing}

We felt that the writing paradigm of Authorea ``Double click to start
writing'' was getting a little stale. Why 2 clicks if we can just click
once? You can now click anywhere on the text and the cursor will
position itself where you clicked, so that you can start writing right
away.\\

\section*{An all-in-one toolbar}\label{an-all-in-one-toolbar}

We condensed all the functions and buttons of the old editor into one
single toolbar: it has everything you need and it is always visible at
the top of the page. ~No more having to scroll up to access the toolbar!
The toolbar works across formats and allows users to insert snippets of
LaTeX and Markdown, images, citations, tables, and math with the push of
a button.\\\selectlanguage{english}
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\section*{\texorpdfstring{\\
Simultaneous collaboration with track changes and smart
merges}{ Simultaneous collaboration with track changes and smart merges}}\label{simultaneous-collaboration-with-track-changes-and-smart-merges}

The new editor is still based on the most powerful version control
system out there:~\textbf{git.~}With the old editor, simultaneous
collaboration was possible but conflicts were avoided by locking
paragraphs when they were being edited.~We decided that it was time to
improve this and make the experience smoother. We've introduced a smart
way to manage simultaneous editing in the rewrite -- a first for us and
research writing in general: \textbf{smart merges}. When two authors are
editing the same part of text, e.g. the same word, Authorea will merge
smartly whatever it can, and when a conflict cannot be solved, it asks
the user to accept or reject changes, similar to the way that changes
are tracked and accepted in Word.\\

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\section*{A user-friendly, scholar-centric
system}\label{a-user-friendly-scholar-centric-system}

We redesigned the user flows. All articles will be deep-linked creating
a network of relevant topics and articles. All user pages will be soon
upgraded to a new look too.\\\selectlanguage{english}
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\section*{An entirely new typographic
system}\label{an-entirely-new-typographic-system}

Whether you're writing a scholarly article, an essay or a blog post with
data, your figures, captions, citations, references and text will now
look like they should: professional and beautiful.~We did a lot of
research to understand the reading and writing patterns of our users. We
picked~fonts to perfectly accommodate screen viewing, and we built a
type hierarchy to make sure that your article is easy to read.\\\selectlanguage{english}
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