Writing your first page

Creating a page

1. Open a book (or create one from the home page).
2. Click New Page.
3. Give it a name at the top.
4. Write your content in the editor.
5. Click Save Page.

WYSIWYG vs Markdown

BookStack has two editors. Pick one per page:

• WYSIWYG (default) — rich-text editor, like Google Docs.
• Markdown — plain text with **bold**, # headings, etc.

Basic formatting

• Bold — Ctrl/Cmd + B
• Italic — Ctrl/Cmd + I
• Headings — dropdown in the toolbar
• Code blocks — use the </> button (JSON, PHP, JS, etc.)
• Links — highlight text and press Ctrl/Cmd + K

Linking to other pages

Paste any BookStack URL into the editor and it auto-converts to a nice link.