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Manuscript · The editor for scientific papers

AI help that never edits behind your back.

Ask in plain words.See exactly what would change.Pick the right paper to cite.Write together, live.Discuss in the margin.Export to any format.

Ask Manuscript to add a section, cite a paper or tighten a paragraph. It shows you the change as a proposal, and nothing touches your document until you approve it. Citations come from Fieldnote, our reference manager, graphs come from Locus, our graphing app, and your co-authors edit with you in real time.

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ManuscriptWrite and review with AI
FieldnoteReference manager
LocusGraphing app
Typing “add a Discussion section after Results” into Manuscript's Ask bar
The Review AI result panel offering Approve, Not quite and Deny
Ask offering two matching references to choose from
A co-author's labelled cursor in the Methods paragraph as they add a sentence
A margin comment linked to a highlighted word in the Abstract
The Export menu listing Word, Publication PDF, PDF, OpenDocument, Web, Markdown and LaTeX formats

Screenshots from Manuscript, using a sample document.

Edit with AI Account

Edit with AI, right in the paragraph.

Select text and choose Edit with AI, or press Shift + A. An edit box opens in your document with the current text above and the new text below. Ask for changes in plain words, select part of the new text to change only that part, add a citation from Fieldnote, or type a correction yourself. Nothing changes until you press Done.

  • Current and new text side by side
  • Change just the words you select
  • Add citations from your Fieldnote libraries
  • Done applies it as one change, and one Undo reverses it
  • For bigger requests, Ask shows a proposal you approve or deny
Illustration: selecting a paragraph, choosing Edit with AI, asking for a shorter version, adding a citation, then pressing Done
Illustration of Edit with AI

Co-editing

Everyone on the paper, in the same document.

Your co-authors edit at the same time as you. Each person's cursor is labelled, and changes appear as they type, so there are no more versions to merge by email.

A co-author's labelled cursor in the Methods paragraph

Citations Account

Cite straight from your reference manager.

Your papers live in Fieldnote, our reference manager for papers and PDFs. Find the paper you mean, cite it where you are typing, and the reference list keeps itself up to date. Change the style once and every citation follows.

NatureAPAVancouverChicagoHarvardIEEEMLAAMA
The References list with the style menu

Comments

Discuss the text right next to it.

Select a few words and leave a comment in the margin. Co-authors reply in the thread and resolve it when it is done.

A margin comment thread

Export Account

Out in every format you need.

Download a Word document for a journal's system, a PDF for your supervisor, or Markdown for your notes. LaTeX, OpenDocument and web formats are there too.

The Export menu

Sharing Account

Bring in your co-authors.

Invite colleagues and choose whether each one can edit or only view. All your manuscripts stay in one list. Guest links, for collaborators without an account, are coming soon.

The Share panel listing co-authors with Owner and Can edit roles

Guest link or Manuscript account

A guest link lets someone without an account work on one document with the full set of editing tools. An account adds everything connected: AI, Fieldnote, Locus, history, sharing and export.

FeatureGuestAccount
Editing tools: fonts, lists, links, tables, equations, outline
Margin comments
Page layout
Figures from your computer, with crop
References typed into the document
AI Ask and suggested editsAccount only
Citations from FieldnoteAccount only
Graphs from LocusAccount only
Version historyAccount only
SharingAccount only
Export to Word, PDF and MarkdownAccount only
Document listAccount only

Guest links are coming soon. Each link opens one document, is set up by its owner, and expires 12 hours after the guest starts; the owner can turn it off at any time. On a view-only link, guests can read but not edit or comment.

Manuscript and Microsoft Word

Word is a great general word processor. Manuscript is built for writing papers in the lab, with AI, citations and graphs connected to the tools you already use.

FeatureManuscriptMicrosoft Word
AI help that proposes changes you approve first Built inCopilot, a paid add-on
Cite from your lab's reference manager Fieldnote, built inBuilt-in source list, or plug-ins such as Zotero or EndNote
Nature, Vancouver and AMA citation styles Built in, with APA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE and MLAAPA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, MLA and others built in; more need plug-ins
Graphs linked to the app that made them From LocusPictures, or linked Excel charts
Real-time co-editing Built in With files in OneDrive or SharePoint
Margin comments Built in Built in
Word documents Import and export .docx Native
Export to Markdown and LaTeX Built inNeeds a converter
Advanced print layoutThe essentials Full

Based on Microsoft Word for Microsoft 365 as of October 2026. Microsoft Word, Copilot, OneDrive, SharePoint and Excel are trademarks of Microsoft. Zotero and EndNote are trademarks of their owners.

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