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The main element of the typer is its editor. The whole page is an editable area (except for the small menu on the left and the information area on the upper right of the page).

The menu and the information area can be expanded and collapsed clicking on the icon in the upper left corner and gives access to the application functions:

  • Check save the document,
  • Spellcheck spellcheck it,
  • Add create a new one,
  • Open open another document,
  • Prefs change the page style and manage other preferences,
  • Export export the document to a blog or download as text,
  • Mail send it by email.

The information area on the top-right corner shows the document permalink Heart, which is also an activity indicator showing when some activity is running behind the scenes (auto save, spell checks). The day and time when the document was last saved are shown when the menu is open (together with the public permalink if it has been generated).
A link to the public permalink is shown if a public name has been assigned in the preferences.

The document edit url loads the last document you worked on.

Spellcheck Spell Check

You can choose the language with the combo box on the upper left corner and spell check the document with the button.

Clicking on the misspelled words (which will be underlined) you'll be able to change them if you whish.

When you are done you can save the changes to the document (or you can rollback them clicking "cancel").

Open Documents

From the list popup you can open the documents clicking on the titles and delete them with the button beside.

The current document is at the top of the list.

Export Export a document

Through the "Download as Text" link you can export the current document as plain text (the spaces and line breaks are preserved).

If your blog supports the MetaWeblog API (all the major ones do), you can also publish the document, giving the blog url (home page), the username and the password. If TheTyper is not able to determine the link to the API service form the blog url, it will ask you to input it directly.
When a document is published you will be able to update it on the blog.

Your blog credentials are not stored in our database (just the blog url and the post id are).

Mail Send a document

You can send the document as an email. just specify the message recipient, modify the subject if you want (eventually you can send yourself a copy of the message).
If the document has a public url you can tell TheTyper to send only the public link.

Prefs Preferences

You can adjust the editor style to match your preferences. You can change the font color and the background color using a chooser or directly typing the value in the box.

Also the size and the font family can be changed (with a popup showing some examples or directly typing in the input field).

The font and color preferences are remembered by the document and are preserved as a default the documents you create (until you change them again).

The published name for the document makes it accessible as a read only page (click "show" to view it on a different window). You can generate a random one or input it directly (however notice that it should be unique throughout the system so you might find that the one you want is already used).

The "Account preferences" link brings you yo the page where you can manage your account : change your password and delete your account.