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Blaze Document Editor Overview

Learn how to use the Blaze document editor to edit your docs

Written by Vincent Vicente
Updated over a week ago

Doc Editor Overview

The Blaze document editor is a first-class document editor suitable for all your editing needs and includes many unique features:

Real-time editing

You can have multiple people writing and editing in documents at the exact same time, similar to Google Docs. Their profile image will appear at the top of the document when they are viewing the document, and a colored cursor will appear where they are editing.

Elements

You can add static and dynamic elements to your documents such as:

  • Images

  • Gifs

  • Tables

  • Cover Images

  • Diagrams (using Mermaid.js)

  • Dividers

  • Code Blocks

  • Table of Contents

  • Links

  • Mentions (of other documents in your workspace)

  • Embeds

    • Airtable

    • Canva

    • Figma

    • Github

    • Google Docs

    • Google Forms

    • Google Sheets

    • Google Slides

    • Google Maps

    • Jira tickets

    • Loom videos

    • Miro boards

    • X/Twitter posts

    • Vimeo videos

    • Youtube videos

Text Styles

In the Blaze document editor you can change text style elements like:

  • Headings size

  • Font (choose from 100+)

  • Font weight

  • Text size

  • Text color

  • Highlight color

  • Alignment

You can also create:

  • Ordered or unordered lists

  • Checklists

  • Toggle lists

  • Callouts

  • Quotes

AI Editing

At the bottom of every document is the Use the bottom AI toolbar for editing your document.

Or you can select any specific text to have AI edit that text.

Read Editing with AI for more.

Right Sidebar

The Actions tab is where you prepare your content for publishing and make final improvements before it goes live.

At the top, you’ll see your Content SEO Score, which evaluates how well your content is optimized for search engines. This score updates as you edit and helps you identify opportunities to improve visibility.

Available Actions

  • SEO Analysis - Review keyword usage, structure, and optimization recommendations to strengthen your content’s search performance.

  • Check for Plagiarism - Scan your content to ensure originality before publishing.

  • Configure Blog Metadata - Set your title, summary, URL slug, featured image, and other SEO fields for publishing.

  • Copy Text to Clipboard - Quickly copy your content for use in another platform.

  • Download Post Media Only - Download images and media assets included in your post.

Improve Your Content

Use built-in editing tools to refine your draft:

  • Improve Quality – Enhance clarity, structure, and readability.

  • Edit Tone – Adjust the voice to match your brand.

  • Change Length – Expand or condense your content.

  • Turn Into – Repurpose your draft into another format.

History & Document Info

View recent edits, revision history, ownership details, and word count directly from the Actions panel.

Metadata Tab

The Metadata tab controls how your content appears in search engines, social media previews, and on your blog.

Strong metadata increases discoverability, improves click-through rates, and ensures your post is presented clearly across platforms.

Configurable options are:

  • Connect to a Blog - Before publishing, connect your document to a blog integration. This allows Blaze to push content directly to your website.

  • Title - Your SEO title. This appears in search results and at the top of your blog post.

  • Author - Set the author name that will display on your published post.

  • Summary - A concise description of your post. This is often used as your meta description in search results and may appear in social previews.

  • URL Slug - The customizable portion of your blog post URL. Keep it short, keyword-focused, and readable.

  • Featured Image - Upload or select the main image for your post. This image appears at the top of your article and in social media link previews.

  • Featured Image Alt Text - Add descriptive alt text for accessibility and additional SEO value.

  • Categories & Tags - Organize your content for easier navigation on your blog and improved internal search.

    • Categories group related posts.

    • Tags add keyword-level detail.

Collaboration Tab

In the collaboration tab you can:

  • Create document-wide comments

    • Reply and thread comments

  • Create tasks

  • Filter comments and tasks by their status

See Comments and Tasks for more.

Miscellaneous Features

  • Columns - You can click and grab the six dots next to any element to drag it to a new place in the document, even side-by-side with other elements to create columns.

  • / Menu - Type slash to quickly pull up the insert menu to add new elements with just your keyboard.

  • Focus Mode - After you type over 100 characters, the doc editor will enter into Focus Mode where the periphery of the UI will fade so you can just concentrate on writing. You can turn this off in the document settings in the three dots (•••) menu at the top.

  • Auto-finish - Use ⌘ + Enter to have Blaze finish writing a sentence for you.
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