On Editing & Formatting
How to create different colored pages in Zoho Writer?
To create pages in different colors, follow the below steps 1. Insert a rectangle in your Writer document and stretch it to the borders of your page. Learn more about inserting shapes. 2. Fill your required color. 3. Position the rectangle behind the ...
FAQ's on Find and Replace
1. How to find and replace content in a document? Open Find and replace (command + F/Control + F). In the Find field, click the drop-down menu and select the relevant option (e.g., Any Numbers, Wildcard, Tables Only, Objects, etc.). In the Replace ...
How to create, add, and remove labels in Writer
Document Labelling is possible only for WorkDrive documents. Click on the i in the top band to open document information panel and create Labels in the right panel as shown. Click Add or remove labels located below Labels. You will find just Add ...
How to add citations and a bibliography in a document?
To insert a citation in a document, you have to: Add a citation Insert the citation in the required places in the document. 1. Add a citation Click Insert -> Citation & Bibliography Click Add New Citation and follow these steps 2. Insert citation ...
How to add a custom document design to the Organization design so that it's accessible to all members of the organization?
Please note that only Org admins can create/update the document designs for Organizations. Refer to this help page to learn how admins can create an Organization design.
How to remove page breaks in Writer?
1. Go to Format > Paragraph > Pilcrow option. This will show all the paragraph breaks in the document denoted by the ¶ symbol. 2. Now place the cursor on the page break you want to remove. 3. Simple click Delete on your keypad. This will remove ...
How reduce size of images in a Writer document?
Inserting large images (such as photos, maps, and diagrams) increases your document size. if your document has lots of images, you can easily end up with a 20 page document that’s more than 50 MB. Go to Top band -> Settings to have compression turned ...
What are the different ways fonts are exported/imported in Writer?
Whenever Word documents are imported into Writer, all the MS Word fonts used will be converted to its equivalent web fonts in Writer. Exporting with MS Fonts When such imported MS word documents in Writer are then exported, the equivalent web fonts ...
How to setup phonetic typing (transliteration) in Zoho Writer?
Transliteration refers to the method of mapping from one system of writing to another based on phonetic similarity. With this tool, when you type in Latin letters (e.g. a, b, c etc.), which are converted to characters that have similar pronunciation ...
How to set the default language for all new documents created?
To set the default language for all new documents created, do the following: 1. Click on the gear icon on the top right corner of the editor. 2. Now go to Language & Region 3. Now select the language of your choice from the drop down and hit Save.
How to insert different text watermarks to various pages of your Writer document?
You can insert different watermarks into various pages of your document by using text boxes. Here's how to add text boxes as watermarks to specific pages: Insert a text box anywhere in your document from the Insert pane on the left panel. Add the ...
How to create a cover page from an image?
1. Open the document, go to the page you want to add your cover image and then go to Page Setup > Margins > Custom margins. Choose "0" as the margin width for top, bottom, left and right and put "0" for the Distance from edge. 2. Add your image into ...
How to combine multiple documents into one?
While authoring very large contents like books, one can save each chapter as individual documents and finally combine them into one single document. When you insert subdocuments, the contents of the all subdocuments are inserted into the main ...
How to define the next style to follow a paragraph or heading?
Using Next Paragraph Style, you can now repeat styles in your document without having to format them every time. This sets the style to follow the current paragraph or heading when you press Enter or Return to a paragraph. Here's how: 1. Go to Format ...
How can I recover a file that was deleted by itself?
To recover a file that was deleted, follow the below steps: 1. From the Writer dashboard, go to Trash. 2. All your deleted files will be shown here. Choose the file you want to restore, and click on More Options from the bottom right corner of the ...
How to publish documents on my company's domain?
Writer now allows you to publish your documents to your own domain instead of just on your zohopublic.com Once you setup custom domain in Workdrive, you can publish your document from your domain Set up your custom domain for your publication ...
How to remove line breaks from a document?
You can now easily remove line breaks and other special characters from your documents using the Advanced Find and Replace tool. Here's how: 1. Press Command/Control+F on the keyboard. A small tab will appear in the top-right corner. Now select Line ...
How to insert multiple images in my document?
Right now, it is possible to upload upto 50 images in a Writer Document. It can be achieved by the following ways; 1. ”Drag and Drop" or "Choose an Image to upload" -> Both the options will allow you to save the images in Image library and insert ...
How to insert current date and time in my document?
To insert the current date and time in the document, follow the below steps: 1. Go to More Options > Fields 2. Now click on Date and select Today's Date. 3. The current date is now inserted in the document. Click here for more information.
How to align text on both left and right sides on the same line of a document?
To align text on both left and right sides of a document, do the following steps: 1. Go to More Options > Format > Paragraph > More 2. Now click the Tab option 3. Enter a tab number into the Distance text box and choose ...
How to copy data from Zoho Sheet and live link into a document table in Writer?
1. Open Zoho Sheet and simple select the table. Now right click on the table and select Copy. 2. Now open your Writer document and simply paste the table you copied from Zoho Sheet. After pasting, select the option to Link data with the source ...
How to replace characters like line breaks or tabs in a document?
You can use the Find and Replace tool in Writer to search and replace almost anything right from a simple text to any data such as a digit, white space, fields, headings, bookmarks, and so on. Refer Help ...
How to sort table columns by date in Zoho Writer?
Table data can be sorted based on date Step 1 : Place the cursor inside the table and click on sort button Step 2: Choose the column and the type as date and configure the date format. Step 3 : Click Sort, to see the results as shown.
How to insert spreadsheet table into Writer?
You can insert a blank , fully editable Zoho Spreadsheet into the document.Useful if you want to create a new spreadsheet table from scratch What’s cool about this method, though, is that it will insert a spreadsheet and load the entire spreadsheet ...
How to add line numbers to code blocks in Writer?
Line numbers can be added to code blocks in Writer.
How to start page numbering from a specific page in a document?
The default page numbering system will start on the first page, and continue until the last page.To use start page number from a specific page Step 1: Insert a "Section Break - Next page" between each section of your document where you want the ...
How to add non-breaking space in Writer?
To add non-breaking space in Writer, use Cmd + Shift + SPACE for Mac or Ctrl + Shift + SPACE for windows. You can find various shortcuts in Writer from the bottom right panel. To find the shortcut for Non-breaking space, follow the below steps: 1. ...
How to add annotations to images in Writer?
Annotations in Writer let you circle objects, highlight areas, add comments, and even insert criticality tags to images. Here's how to do it: 1. Select the image to be annotated. 2. From the left side of the image, select Annotate Image. 3. You will ...
Does adding images to Image Library count against storage limit?
Yes, adding images to your Image Library will be counted and calculated in your storage limit.
How to remove images saved in Image Library?
To remove images saved in Image Library, use the following method: 1. Click on the hamburger menu on the top left (☰) to open the left panel. 2. Go to Insert > Image 2. The Image Library dialog will open. Now go to My Library and you will find your ...
How to retrieve the previous version of a document?
You can access previous versions of a document and set the version you want as the current one. To retrieve the previous version of a document, follow the below steps: 1. Open the document in Writer. 2. Click on the Last edited option next to the ...
How to save a document as a template?
To save a document as a template, follow the below steps: 1. Open the document in Writer 2. Click on File > Save as template 3. The Save as template pop up will open. Enter the template name and click Save.
How to enable typewriter sound in Writer?
To enable typewriter sound, go to More Options (☰) > Tools > Editing > Typewriter Sound For more details, click here
How to delete a document in Writer?
To delete a document in Writer, follow the below steps: 1. Go to File > Move to Trash. 2. In the pop-up that appears, click on Move to Trash. You can restore the deleted document by going to Writer Home > Trash. Now click on the document you want to ...
How to freeze the size of table cells in Writer?
After specifying the row height and column width of the table cells, you can freeze the size by setting the option as Exactly under Rows and Columns. Note: The easiest way to resize a row or column is to simply click and drag it to the desired size.
How to move an image after placing it behind text?
To move an image after placing it behind text, triple click on the paragraph associated with the image and then select the image. Now drag the image to where you want to move it as shown below. To learn about the different image arrangement options, ...
How to insert an image in the background so that it can't be moved, or manipulated?
To insert an image as background of a document and have text content over it as shown below, follow the below steps. 1. Insert the image 2. Click on the image to open Image Options in the left panel window. 3. Under the Arrange section, select ...
How to insert the document creation date or last modified date in a document?
To insert the document creation date or the last modified date of the document, follow the below steps. Click on the hamburger menu. Navigate to Fields and click on the dropdown arrow next to Date and choose either Document Last Edited Date or ...
How do I retain the formatting when pasting into a document?
Writer allows you to paste data as plain text, paste with keeping the source format or with the format of the destination. You can set one of these paste options as default too. Click here for more details.
How to set sender address while mailing documents from Writer?
In addition to your primary email address (your “actual” email), you can also add multiple email aliases to your account. While sending your document from Writer, the primary email address will be selected in the Email as Attachment popup by ...
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