Getting Started
Bike: Structured Focused Writing
Bike is an outliner.
Indent to create a structured outline. Fold this outline to hide details. Focus your outline to see specifics. Use your outline to track ideas, projects, writing, to-do lists.
- Press the
Return
key to create a row
- Press the
Tab
key to indent a row - Press
Shift-Tab
key to unindent a row
- Click a row's triangle handle to collapse the row, hiding its contained rows
- Click that same handle to expand the row, showing its contained rows
- Click the focus button to the right of a row's text.
- Click that same focus button to unfocus an already focused row.
- Use Go > Focus Heading…
Command-P
to quickly select and focus on any heading in your outline.
To format text in your outline
- Show the formatting popover with
Command-E
- Select formatting options from the popover with your mouse or with the single letter keyboard shortcuts displayed on the panel.
That's it, just a few commands. Internalize these commands. Learn the keyboard shortcuts. Once you've done that Bike will be a great place for you to think.
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