Write smarter and faster with a powerful new text editor built for product teams.
Meet the new Aha! text editor
You write. And you write a lot. Thousands of words a week. You probably spend more time writing than just about anything else. When you explain the reasoning behind your plans, lay out what needs to happen next, and answer questions from the team, everyone benefits. Writing takes time and thoughtful care. The text editor in Aha! software has always been one of our core technologies and unique to us — we have had an entire team focused on it for years. Today's major updates make it even more powerful. You will find that it has improved in all ways.
The next-generation text editor is now live across Aha! software — reuse content, create and link to records, and format documents with efficiency.
The text editor is in every part of our software. You add details to strategic plans, define features and requirements, and record meeting notes — with everything linking directly to the work on your roadmap. That is why we spent years building an editor tailored for product teams.
Today's enhancements bring it to a new level, adding advanced functionality to better support how you work:
Highlight text to create new records or link to existing ones.
Insert snippets to reuse standard content across multiple documents (available in Aha! Knowledge Advanced).
Include inline files and apply richer formatting for clearer communication.
Use new toolbars that appear on images, tables, whiteboards, and Aha! views to quickly adjust formatting, add alt text, and configure live reports or roadmaps.
If you use the AI assistant, you will notice a transformative new experience there too. Open it using the sparkle icon in the top navigation bar or text editor toolbar. It now opens in a side panel — so you can draft and refine content alongside your document. (You can read more about the new AI assistant in our latest blog post.)
Now, let's walk through how we use the updated text editor to prepare a business case for a new capability in our fictitious cycling app, Fredwin Cycling. This will help you see some of the exciting new possibilities.
Draft documents faster
We start by getting our initial ideas drafted with help from the AI assistant. In this example, we open the assistant, add a prompt, and reference a few customer ideas that explain the need behind our proposal. After reviewing the draft in the chat, we drop it straight into the document.
Apply custom instructions so the AI assistant follows your team's style or formatting standards.
Structure information clearly
Next, we organize the business case so it is easy to scan and understand. We embed a supporting research document for quick reference, add a table to outline a high-level plan for a Minimum Lovable Product, and format our FAQs using a description list.
The floating table toolbar also makes it faster to add or remove columns and rows.
Turn proposals into plans
Once there is agreement on the direction, we can move from documenting ideas to creating actual work. We highlight text in the business case to create new initiatives and features, or link to existing records — all without leaving the document.
Link text to records in your Aha! account to keep related work connected.
Standardize reusable content
Let's fast-forward to launch prep. Snippets are perfect for adding standardized content into support documentation. Here, we include our typical "Share your feedback" instructions in an article about getting started. If these details change, we only have to update the snippet once for it to sync everywhere.
The new emoji menu is a quick way to add small visual highlights to documents.
Bring more clarity to every part of your product work — so plans, decisions, and next steps stay connected.
These updates to the text editor make it easier to capture important details and tie them directly to your plans. The goal is simple: help your team understand what needs to happen and why, from high-level strategy down to the smallest follow-ups. And we are just getting started — you can expect more exciting improvements soon.
Start a free trial today
The new text editor is available to all Aha! customers. Our suite of product development tools works seamlessly together to help teams turn raw concepts into valuable new capabilities — for customers and the business. Set strategy, crowdsource ideas, spark creativity, prioritize features, share roadmaps, manage releases, and plan development. Sign up for a free 30-day trial or join a live demo to see why more than 1 million product builders trust our software to build lovable products and be happy doing it.
