# Getting started > Shortcuts are written for the Mac. On Windows and Linux, use Ctrl where it says Cmd, unless the text names another key. A new workspace comes with some example pages to explore. You can get started creating your first note right away, or click around to explore. Here are some things to try to get familiar with the basics. ## Create and edit Just start typing. Your changes are synced (saved) automatically in the background. - [Create an account](create-an-account.md), if you haven't yet. - Pick a banner: click the **...** at the top right of the page and choose **Change Banner...**. Some of them move. - Type `@` to format, link, mention or insert rich content like blocks or pictures. - Click the handle in front of a line for its options. - Create a page for anything you need, from a short note to a long doc. Click the **+** next to a collection in the sidebar, or press Ctrl+N (macOS) or Alt+N (Windows/Linux). ## Structure - Use outlining for structure: press Tab to indent a line under the one above it, and Shift+Tab to move it back out. - Zoom into a line with Alt+Down, and back out with Alt+Up. Cmd+/ (macOS) or Ctrl+/ (Windows/Linux) collapses the lines under it and opens them again. See [Outlines and folding](../writing/outlines-and-folding.md). - Type `## Next steps` on a new line to make a heading, or type `@heading`. Headings own the lines beneath them, so you can fold, move or zoom into a whole section at once. - Grab the handle in front of a line to drag it somewhere else. Hold Shift as you drop it to copy, link or transclude (embed) it there instead of moving it. ## Tasks and the Journal - Type `* ` at the start of a line to make a task, like `* Draft the announcement`. Or type Cmd+L (macOS) or Ctrl+L (Windows/Linux) to turn a line into a task or mark it completed. - Add some notes to your [Journal](../tasks-and-journal/the-journal.md) for today. Cmd+J (macOS) or Ctrl+J (Windows/Linux) opens it. - Plan a task for today: drag it onto your Journal, or put the cursor on it and press Cmd+Shift+J (macOS) or Ctrl+Shift+J (Windows/Linux). It stays on its page and shows on your Journal too, and ticking it off in one place ticks it off in both. - Give a task a due date when there's a real deadline: use the task's menu, or type `@` and pick a date. [Tasks](../tasks-and-journal/tasks.md) explains how that differs from planning it. ## Look and feel - Change the theme: press Cmd+P (macOS) or Ctrl+P (Windows/Linux), type *theme* and pick **Set Theme**. - Try Focus Mode with your favorite *vibe*: open **Panel Options** at the top right of a panel and pick one under **Focus with Vibe Shift**. Cmd+Shift+Enter (macOS) or Ctrl+Shift+Enter (Windows/Linux) turns Focus Mode on and off. ## Explore an example collection Organize pages into [collections](../collections/setting-up-a-collection.md) with shared properties, and view them as a table, board, calendar or gallery. Like a folder with database powers, where every item is a page. - Open the **Examples** collection in the sidebar. - The example pages have a **Status** property. Open the board and drag a page to another column to change its Status. - Switch to the table, or create another view. See [Views](../collections/views.md). ## Make your own collection - Click the **+** next to **Collections** in the sidebar and call the new collection **Projects**. - Open **Collection Settings...** and add three properties: a Choice called Status with Planned, In progress and Done, a User called Owner, and a Date & Time called Due date. See [Properties](../collections/properties.md). - Add a Board view grouped by Status. - Create a few pages in the collection (click the + in the sidebar next to the collection). Each page becomes a card on the board. - Set the card's Status, drag it between columns, and open it to keep writing. The [Roadmap example](../collections/roadmap-example.md) goes through these steps in more detail. *A collection as a board, grouped by Status.* ## Work with others Working in a team? Collaborate in real time. - Invite others with the **Invite People** button at the bottom right of the window, or with **Invite users** in the command palette. Inviting is up to the workspace's admins. See [Inviting people](../teams/inviting-people.md). - Everyone in a workspace can view and edit all of its content. Make others admins so they can invite and manage people and change the workspace's settings. For a different group of people, add another workspace. See [Roles and access](../teams/roles-and-access.md). - Assign a task by @-mentioning someone in it. To leave a note or a task on someone's Journal, open their Journal (press Cmd+K (macOS) or Ctrl+K (Windows/Linux) and type their name) and write it there. ## Go further Explore more, if you like. - Press Cmd+K (macOS) or Ctrl+K (Windows/Linux) for **Jump To**, and jump to any page, date or team member. Try *3 days from now* or *wednesday*, or pick a team member to open their Journal. - Press Cmd+P (macOS) or Ctrl+P (Windows/Linux) for the command palette, with every command in Thymer. - Press Cmd+Shift+F (macOS) or Ctrl+Shift+F (Windows/Linux) to search everything, including inside pages. Try `@todo @me` for your open tasks. - Open pages side by side: Cmd-click (macOS) or Ctrl-click (Windows/Linux) a link, or choose **Split this panel** under **Panel Options**. See [Panels and Focus Mode](../search-and-navigation/panels-and-focus-mode.md). - See every page and line that links to a page in its **Backlinks** section. See [Links and backlinks](../writing/links-and-backlinks.md). - Learn the [keyboard shortcuts](keyboard-shortcuts.md), and change them in **Settings → Keyboard Shortcuts**. - Keep your workspace as a folder of Markdown files with [Markdown Mirror](../markdown-mirror.md). - Take Thymer with you on the [mobile apps](../apps-and-settings/mobile-apps.md). - Set up [AI agents](../ai-agents-and-cli.md) to work with your notes. - Add custom code to your collections, or build your own [plugins](../plugins.md). ## More resources - Website: [thymer.com](https://thymer.com) - Desktop apps: [thymer.com/desktop](https://thymer.com/desktop) - Mobile apps: [thymer.com/mobile](https://thymer.com/mobile) - Support: [thymer.com/support](https://thymer.com/support/) - Plugins: [thymer.com/plugins](https://thymer.com/plugins/) Questions or feedback? Click the Thymer logo at the bottom right of the window and choose **Send us feedback**, or email [team@thymer.com](mailto:team@thymer.com). Next: [How Thymer is organized](how-thymer-is-organized.md).