HedgeDoc: Basic Functions

• Login & Logout via SSO

  Login

  Open the start page of HedgeDoc in your browser: pad.uni-muenster.de. Click on "Log in".

  

  Enter your university ID and password.

  

  Logout

  You can log out using the arrow in the upper right corner next to your name.

  

• Creating a Document

  New Note

  Click on "New note" in the upper right corner to open a new note document.

  

  View

  A note document consists of an edit and a view mode. You can make settings for the view in the menu at the top left:

  • HedgeDoc (1): return to the overview
  • View (2): only view mode
  • Both (3): edit and view mode side by side
  • Edit (4): only editmode
  • Day/Night Theme (5)
  • Help (6): overview of the most important contacts, documents and commands

  

  Actions

  The following actions are available in the top right menu:

  • New (1): create a new document
  • Publish (2): If you want to share the document read-only with someone else, click on "Publish" and share the URL generated in this way. (To share a document in an editable way, all you have to do is pass on the URL from the browser address line. )
  • Menu (3): Here you have several possibilities to export/download documents from HedgeDoc or to import documents into HedgeDoc. Furthermore you can undo changes via the revision and create a presentation from your document with one click via the slide mode.

  

  Text Formatting

  You can use basic formatting options not only using commands, but also using the format menu. The following options are available there:

  • bold (1)
  • italic (2)
  • crossed out (3)
  • mark headings (4): The less "#", the higher the priority of the heading.
  • HTML links (5): You can enter links directly or with a name.
  • Images (6): include images from the Internet
  • Images (7): Upload images
  • Insert tables (8)

  

• Sharing Documents with Others

  • Editable: If you want to share a document in an editable way, you only have to pass on the URL from the browser address line.
  • Read-only: If you want to share it read-only, click on "Publish" and then share the generated URL.

  

• Setting Permission

  In "View" mode you can set the read and edit rights for your document:

  • Freely: Anyone can edit the document.
  • Editabel: Only logged in persons can edit the document. Guests can read the document, but cannot edit it.
  • Limited: Only logged in persons can edit and read the document.
  • Locked: Only the owner of the document can edit it. Registered users and guests are authorized to read the document.
  • Protected: Only the owner can edit the document. Registered users are authorized to read it.
  • Private: Only the owner can read and edit the document.