Using your draft
Everything below is a starting point. Review every citation, quotation, fact, and conclusion, and follow your institution's and publisher's policies before submitting.
What you downloaded
| File | Use it for |
|---|---|
| A formatted read-only copy for quick review or sharing. | |
| Word (.docx) | Editing in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or LibreOffice. |
| Markdown (.md) | The plain-text editable source — the best starting point for power users and for converting to other formats. |
| Bibliography (.json) | The discovered sources and their verification metadata. |
Editing the Markdown
Markdown is plain text with light formatting (# Heading, **bold**,
- list). Open the .md file in any text editor — we recommend
VS Code (with a Markdown
preview) or Typora for a word-processor feel.
Converting Markdown to PDF, Word, or LaTeX with Pandoc
Pandoc converts Markdown into almost any format. For PDF output you also need a LaTeX engine: TeX Live (macOS/Linux) or MiKTeX (Windows).
Once installed, run these in the folder containing your draft.md:
# Markdown -> PDF (via LaTeX) pandoc draft.md -o draft.pdf --pdf-engine=xelatex # Markdown -> LaTeX source (.tex) you can edit further pandoc draft.md -o draft.tex --standalone # Markdown -> Word pandoc draft.md -o draft.docx # Add a table of contents and numbered sections pandoc draft.md -o draft.pdf --pdf-engine=xelatex --toc --number-sections
Working in LaTeX (Overleaf)
Prefer LaTeX? Produce draft.tex with the command above, then upload it to
Overleaf or compile locally with
xelatex draft.tex. From there you can apply a journal or university template.
Citations
Citations are written into the draft. If you want Pandoc to manage a reference list from a bibliography
file, export your references to BibTeX (.bib) and run:
pandoc draft.md --citeproc --bibliography=refs.bib -o draft.pdf --pdf-engine=xelatex
CiteLyra checks citation metadata against academic databases, but it cannot confirm that a cited source supports a specific claim. Open each source (use the DOI links in the app) and confirm it says what your draft says it does.