Editing in the preview

You can change values in a spreadsheet or rewrite text in a document directly in the preview. Edits stay in your preview until you save them to the file.

Edit spreadsheet cells

Type into any non-formula cell, in place or through the formula bar. Dependent formulas recalculate instantly, so you can test an assumption and watch the outputs move. Formula cells can't be edited here: change the inputs and let the formulas do their work, or ask the terminal to restructure a formula.

Edit document text

Double-click any text in a Word document to edit it in place. Unsaved edits are highlighted in amber, so you can see exactly what you've changed.

Save or reset

Edited cells and text stay highlighted, and an "Unsaved changes" bar offers two actions:

• Save to file (⌥S): writes your edits into the file.
• Reset: discards them and returns to the saved state.

Until you press Save, edits exist only in your preview. Two situations refuse a save, and the second one clears your unsaved edits:

• The terminal is writing the file right now. Try again in a moment.
• The file changed since you opened it. The preview reloads the latest version and your unsaved edits are cleared with it; re-apply the ones you still want.

When you're editing alone, save periodically so a conflict can't clear much. When teammates are in the file with you, edits are shared as you make them and saving works differently: see Working together.

Next steps

• Working together: what editing looks like when teammates have the same file open.
• Recover files: every save creates a version you can return to.
• Give feedback on a file: annotate instead of editing when you want the terminal to make the change.