Writing and editing text topics

The Plan tab in LivePlan contains all your business plan text sections. These are arranged into a default plan outline, which you can easily customize to suit your needs

When you write or edit any text topic, you'll see a toolbar with standard formatting options, including bold, italic, bulleted lists, link formatting, numbered lists, and block quotes:

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Along with the text editing tools, you'll see our LivePlan Assistant. You can use the LivePlan Assistant to help generate works in your topics or adjust your writing tone.

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Writing a text topic

  1. To begin writing a text section, click on the Plan tab. This will place you on the View & Edit page. 
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  2. The main area of the page then displays the topics within that section. Click Start Topic to begin working on a topic:
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  3. In the text editor, for each topic, you'll see a topbar that contains two sections: the general instructions for writing the section and two examples. To learn more about the examples, read Using the Instructions and Examples.
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  4. To enter your text into the section, type into the editor box. Add formatting, images, or hyperlinks with the formatting toolbar as needed:
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  5. Click Close to save changes:
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Editing a text topic

You can edit the text topics you've created in your plan at any time. 

  1. To begin, navigate to the outline section you want to update. Then click the Edit button to access the text editor again:
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  2. Perform the needed edits, then click Close to save your work and return to the Plan Outline:
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Topic Progress Indicators

Each topic in the plan outline includes a progress indicator. The status helps track completion for solo and team planners.

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To change the progress of a plan topic, click on the progress indicator and select a new status from the drop-down menu.

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