Or, if you've copied a link, select text and press CMD+ V, and Ulysses will add the link automatically. Select text and press CMD+ K to add a link, then paste your link and add alt-text in the popup. To keep your writing cleaner, Ulysses hides links and images in the editor. Links and images are a bit different, though. Or, use keyboard shortcuts- CMD + I will italicize your text, too. Add italics with single asterisks like *this*, start lists out with dashes, and add headers with hashtags. Ulysses a variant of Markdown style editing-called Markdown XL-to format your writing. It works the exact same as other text editors for the most part, with a few extra things you can customize. With the sidebars hidden and a theme you like, it should be easy to stay focused on writing in Ulysses. Ulysses can be a colorful place with highlight colors for each type of formatting It's similar to the way paper would move up as you write with a typewriter and-combined with the Highlight option to fade out everything other than the sentence or paragraph you're writing-can keep you even more focused. Need more help focusing? From the View menu, you can turn on Ulysses' "Typewrite Mode" which keeps you typing in the same line-your document moves up when you press Return instead of your cursor going down to the next line. You can also set your writing typeface and font size.įeel free to use whatever feels best-Ulysses uses plain text, so no matter which colors you write in, your final copy will look the same. From the Preferences pane, you can customize your own theme, choose from built-in ones, or browse the Ulysses theme gallery to find a new favorite-or code your own Ulysses theme. It includes a dark mode for the app and editor, so you can have a black toolbar and/or a black writing background. There are a wide variety of themes for UlyssesĪnd, yes, you can customize Ulysses. Tap it, then click the New Sheet button or press CMD + N to get a blank document and start writing. The Inbox folder is the default place you'll start writing. When you first open Ulysses, you'll see a familiar 3-column layout you've seen in other apps like Mail and Evernote: Folders on the left, files in the middle, and your text in the larger right pane. It's like Scrivener, only with a simpler user interface and more focus on plain text. It's a Markdown-powered writing app with the option to remove the toolbars for writing in full-screen, as well as file organization tools to help you split, merge, combine, and organize your documents into a final, linear work. At their most basic, they include tools to format your text-and at the most advanced, they should help you pull the disparate parts of your project together into a polished final draft. Writing apps are built for you to write anything, from simple letters to full books. Ulysses looks somewhat like Mail.app crossed with Pages when you first open it
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