Document checks
The Edit pane finds what still needs fixing — uncited references, uncaptioned figures, inconsistent acronyms, spelling, and terms, overlong sentences — plus optional AI checks of your writing and claims.
Before you hand a draft in, the Edit pane shows what still needs fixing: references you never cite, figures you never mention, an acronym spelled out three times, US and UK spelling mixed, a sentence that runs to 70 words. Most of these checks run on your computer and cost nothing. Two optional AI checks go further.
Open the Edit pane
Click Edit at the top right of the document, next to Comments and Citations. The number on the button is how many findings there are. The pane’s header reads Suggestions to review.
The Edit button appears for Markdown documents. To check a Word file, open it with Edit as Markdown first — see export & import.
What Multilo checks
Findings are grouped under five filters at the top of the pane. Click one to see only that group; click it again to see everything. Extensions can add their own checks, which appear under Other.
| Check | Filter | What it finds |
|---|---|---|
| References | Citations | Entries in your reference list that are never cited |
| Duplicate reference | Citations | The same source listed twice under two different keys |
| Citations | Citations | A citation that points at a reference that isn’t in your list |
| Figure reference | Figures | A figure or table mentioned in the text that has no caption |
| Figure caption | Figures | A figure or table with a caption that the text never mentions |
| Acronym | Consistency | An acronym spelled out in two different ways, or spelled out three or more times |
| Units | Consistency | A missing space before a unit (“12cm” when you mostly write “12 cm”), or durations written in both short and long forms |
| Spelling | Consistency | US and UK spellings mixed in one document |
| Terminology | Consistency | One term written two ways, such as “follow-up” and “follow up” |
| Punctuation | Punctuation | Full-width punctuation such as ，or ；inside English text — often left over from a Word file |
| Sentence length | Readability | Sentences of 60 words or more, not counting citations |
The consistency checks look at what you do most. For example, a spelling fix is offered for each place only when one spelling is clearly the one you use. If your project library has been indexed, a finding can also tell you which form your own sources prefer.
Fix a finding
Open the finding
Click a row in the pane. Multilo jumps to that place in the document; findings are also underlined in the text.Decide what to do
Click Accept to apply the suggested fix, or edit the text yourself. For references, use Merge to move citations onto one key, or Delete to remove an unused entry.Or set it aside
Click Dismiss if the finding doesn’t apply. Dismissing isn’t saved, so the finding can come back later.
When a finding counts several places — say, every spot that uses the less common spelling — Find in text steps through them one by one. There’s no “fix all” button on purpose, so you see each change before it’s made. Long sentences have no automatic fix: split them yourself, or select one and use Refine.
Multilo won’t delete a reference that is still cited somewhere, so you can’t break a citation by accident.
When the checks run
The checks run when you open the pane, switch documents, change a citation, or apply a fix. They don’t re-run on every keystroke. After a round of edits, close the pane and open it again to refresh the list. If the text a fix was meant for has changed, the pane says so and checks again.
The pane shows up to 120 findings at a time. Clear some and the rest appear. Citation findings come first and long sentences last.
What the checks skip
- Your reference list, tables, code, equations, headings, and list items.
- Captions, for sentence length.
- Text that isn’t in the Latin alphabet, for the spelling, terminology, and acronym checks. If most of a document is in another script, the pane says so instead of reporting nothing to fix.
AI checks
Below the findings are two AI checks. Each has a Run button and a model chip, so you can choose which model does the work.
Check my writing with AI
Reads your document and suggests grammar and wording fixes, which appear in the list tagged AI. It costs credits — about one request for every 400 words — so run it on a finished draft rather than after every edit. Click the button again to stop it. Each run also appears as a session in the chat panel.
Check claims against your library
Check claims against your library with AI compares the claims in your document with the sources in your project library. It reports two kinds of finding:
- Missing citation: a sentence that probably needs a citation, and, if your library has a close match, which source it could be.
- Citation support: a cited source that appears to contradict the claim, doesn’t seem to support it, or where your library has a closer source.
Claims that are well supported aren’t listed. It needs a project library with sources in it — see library & sources. Results stay until you switch documents.
A second opinion, not a verdict
The claim check points you at sentences worth a closer look. Open the source and read it before you change or remove a citation.AI changes to review
When an AI action or agent has edited the document, the pane also lists those edits under AI changes to review — each marked as a rewrite, an addition, or a removal — with Accept and Dismiss. See review the changes.
Troubleshoot
| Problem | What to do |
|---|---|
| There’s no Edit button | The file isn’t a Markdown document. For a Word file, open it with Edit as Markdown. |
| “Open this document in rich view to jump to it.” | Switch the document from source view to rich view. |
| A finding is still there after I fixed it | Close the Edit pane and open it again to re-run the checks. |
| “… is cited somewhere — it was not removed.” | The reference is still used. Remove or change that citation first, then delete the reference. |
| “The project library is not ready yet.” | Add sources to your project library and let indexing finish, then run the claim check again. |
| I can’t see the AI checks | They appear below the findings, so they’re not shown while the pane says Nothing to fix. |