Writing and formatting in Kazi Docs

Format text, headings, lists, checklists, quotes and code in Kazi Docs, including Markdown shortcuts that turn into formatting as you type, and clean pasting from Word or the web.

#Basic formatting

Select text, then use the toolbar or shortcuts:

The toolbar also has strikethrough, superscript and subscript, text and highlight colour, font and size, alignment, indentation, and Clear formatting.

#Headings

Use headings (Heading 1–4) for your section titles. They:

• make your document easy to scan;
• appear in the Outline on the left, so you can jump between sections;
• carry over as real headings when you export to Word.

#Shortcuts that format as you type

Type these at the start of a new line, then press Space:

Type these, then press Enter:

Inline Markdown works too: **bold**, *italic*, ~~strike~~ and `code` turn into formatting when you type the closing character.

Tip: Changed your mind? Press Ctrl+Z right after an automatic conversion to get back the characters you typed. Press Backspace at the very start of a heading, quote or list item to turn it back into normal text.

#Tables

Insert a table from the toolbar or Insert → Data Table. Press Tab to move to the next cell; pressing Tab in the last cell adds a new row, just like in Word.

#Pasting from Word, Google Docs and the web

Kazi cleans what you paste. It keeps the meaning (headings, lists, tables, links, images, bold/italic/underline, colours you chose, alignment) and drops hard-coded fonts, sizes and leftover Word markup, so pasted text matches your document and stays readable in dark mode.

Paste Markdown and Kazi turns it into formatted text.

#Find and replace

Press Ctrl+F (or Edit → Find and Replace). Use Replace all to update every match at once.

#Tidy up

Tools → Normalize Redundant Whitespace removes double spaces and empty lines in one click.