{"id":2132,"date":"2021-12-29T12:02:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T12:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dayoneapp-development.mystagingwebsite.com\/blog\/editing-and-formatting-in-day-one-for-macos\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T11:09:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T16:09:52","slug":"editing-and-formatting-in-day-one-for-macos","status":"publish","type":"help_guides","link":"https:\/\/dayoneapp.com\/guides\/day-one-for-mac\/editing-and-formatting-in-day-one-for-macos\/","title":{"rendered":"Editing and formatting in Day One for macOS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Editing in Day One on Mac is easy. Simply click anywhere in the entry to place a cursor and begin editing. Many of our previously supported Markdown<\/a> commands are still functional in this new editor and it converts automatically to rich text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are no separate views for editing and reading entries. Click anywhere in the body of an entry to place the cursor and start editing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When you are done editing, type Command+Enter <\/strong>or click the X at the top left of the entry to exit edit mode and save.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click the Aa<\/strong> icon at the bottom right to open text formatting options. The appearance of these formatting options will depend on if you have chosen a light or dark theme. The individual color of these formatting options cannot be adjusted separately from the theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The available text format options are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n