In this presentation, you’ll learn how to find keyboard shortcuts to make editing faster, see a quick synopsis of your post’s content structure and document outline, and change what’s visible in your editor so you can improve focus on creating content.

1. SECRETS OF THE GUTENBERG EDITOR
WORDPRESS 5.X

2. MEET THE NEW INTERFACE
WORDPRESS 5.X

3. TOP TOOLBAR

4. ADD CONTENT
BLOCKS
APPEND NEW CONTENT
BLOCKS TO YOUR PAGE OR POST

5. CONTENT STRUCTURE
SEE NUMBER OF WORDS,
HEADINGS AND DOCUMENT
OUTLINE

6. BLOCK NAVIGATION
SEE A LIST OF WHAT BLOCKS
ARE ON YOUR PAGE OR POST

7. SETTINGS TOGGLE
BUTTON
TURNS THE SETTINGS
SIDEBAR ON OR OFF

8. NOW FOR THE REAL SECRETS
OF THE GUTENBERG EDITOR

9. MORE TOOLS AND
OPTIONS
SHOWS VIEW, EDITOR, MORE
TOOLS AND EVEN MORE OPTIONS

10. SECRETS OF THE GUTENBERG EDITOR
VIEW OPTIONS
▸ Top Toolbar
▸ Places the block-specific tools (formatting options, styling options, etc.) in
the top toolbar instead of directly above the content block itself.
▸ Spotlight Mode
▸ Dims or grays out any blocks that you’re not currently editing.
▸ Fullscreen Mode
▸ Hides the WordPress dashboard menu so all you see is the editor.

11. CODE EDITOR
ALLOWS YOU TO SEE HTML CODE, INCLUDING
THE COMMENTS WORDPRESS USES FOR
DISTINGUISHING CONTENT BLOCKS.

12. SECRETS OF THE GUTENBERG EDITOR
MORE TOOLS
▸ Manage all reusable blocks
▸ If you’ve created any reusable content blocks, you can manage them here.
▸ Keyboard shortcuts
▸ Shows all the available keyboard shortcuts for the new editor.
▸ Copy all content
▸ Copies all of the content blocks so they can be pasted on another page.
▸ Options
▸ Allows you to set which panels appear in the sidebar.

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