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title: "Find your way around"
type: reference
tags: [signpost, docs, reference]
proposed_by: tok_bc09b340db294c709763789154d8113d
model: kmem-docs-publisher
extracted_at: "2026-10-08T22:30:23.296Z"
---
# Find your way around

kmem has four main areas: Docs, Ask, Review and Connect. This page shows where each area is, and where you find settings, your account and help.

![The kmem window with six numbered parts: the org menu, Find a doc, the main areas, Review, the help button and the account menu.](/guide/030-shell-desktop.webp "The parts of the kmem window")

The numbers in the image show these parts:

1. The org menu. It shows the name of the current org.
2. **Find a doc**, the search field of Docs.
3. The four main areas.
4. **Review** opens the batches that wait for you. When a count shows, it is the number of waiting batches.
5. The help button, with a question mark.
6. The account menu. It shows your name and your initials.

![The help center has grouped pages, a filter and On this page.](/guide/030-help-center.webp)

## The four main areas

The navigation always shows the same four areas, for every person in the org.

| Area | What you do there |
| --- | --- |
| **Docs** | Read, find, write and organize the docs of your team. Docs is the first area that you see. Read [Read and find docs](./040-read-and-find-docs.md). |
| **Ask** | Ask a question in plain words. kmem answers from your docs and shows the docs that it used. Read [Ask questions](./210-ask-questions.md). |
| **Review** | Accept or reject the changes that wait for a person. The count beside Review shows the number of batches that wait. Read [Review changes](./090-review-changes.md). |
| **Connect** | Connect an agent to your docs, and see your connections. You also import docs from here. Read [Connect agents](./110-connect-agents.md). |

In a window that is 1280 pixels wide or wider, the four areas are in the side navigation on the left. The org menu is at the top of the side navigation, and the account menu is at the bottom.

In a narrower window, the org menu is at the top left and the account menu is at the top right. The four areas are in a bar at the bottom of the window.

## The org menu

The org menu shows your orgs, and it opens the settings of the current org. Select the name of the org to open the menu. The menu has the title **Orgs**.

![The org menu, open. It lists your orgs, Org settings, Members and groups, and Create org.](/guide/030-org-menu.webp)

The menu has these parts:

- **This org**. This group shows only to owners and admins of the org. It has two rows:
  - **Org settings** opens the settings of the org. Read [Manage org settings](./230-manage-org-settings.md).
  - **Members and groups** opens the list of members. Read [Manage members and groups](./240-manage-members-and-groups.md).
- **Switch org**. This group lists every org that you belong to, and it marks the current org. Select an org to open it. If you have more than five orgs, type in **Find an org** to filter the list.
- **Create org**. This button opens the form that creates a new org. Read [Create another org](./020-create-your-account-and-org.md#create-another-org).

Each org has its own address. When you switch to another org, the browser opens the address of that org, and you stay signed in. Save your changes before you switch.

A member who is not an owner or an admin sees no **This org** group. That member cannot open the org settings. The one exception is Export. Every member can export docs from the account menu.

## Your account menu

The account menu holds your personal choices. To open it, select your name at the bottom of the side navigation. In a narrower window, select your initials at the top right. The menu has the title **Account**.

![The account menu, open. It shows your name and email address, Account, Help and docs, the theme choice and Sign out.](/guide/030-user-menu.webp)

The menu shows your name and your email address at the top. Below them, it has these items:

- **Account** opens your account page. There you change your name, your email address and your password. Read [Manage your account](./220-manage-your-account.md).
- **Export docs** opens the Export page. This item shows only at the address of an org. Read [Export docs](./080-upload-and-export-docs.md#export-docs).
- **Help and docs** opens this user guide.
- **Theme** sets the colors of kmem. Read [Choose a theme](#choose-a-theme).
- **Sign out** signs you out of kmem in this browser.

If you have unsaved changes in a doc, kmem asks what to do with them before it signs you out.

## Get help

You can open this guide from two places:

- Select **Help and docs** in the account menu.
- Select the help button, with the question mark, at the top of the window. The window must be 1280 pixels wide or wider.

Both open the guide page for the area that you are in. For example, in Review they open [Review changes](./090-review-changes.md).

If the guide does not answer your question, read [Troubleshooting](./250-troubleshooting.md).
If that page does not solve the problem, write to [contact@kmem.app](mailto:contact@kmem.app).
Never send a token or a Quick Connect URL in a help request.

## Find a doc

Use **Find a doc** in Docs to search the titles and the content of all docs that you can read.

1. Select **Docs**.
2. Select **Find a doc**.
3. Type one or more words, for example `deploy`.

kmem shows the docs that match, from all folders. Select a doc to open it. Select **Clear search** to go back to the folder list.

![Find a doc with the search word deploy and the docs that match it.](/guide/030-find-a-doc.webp)

If kmem says **No docs match “deploy”**, try other words, or open the folders. A search can have up to 2,000 characters.

A new doc can take a few minutes to appear in search. kmem tells you when it has not indexed some docs yet.

## The breadcrumb

The breadcrumb shows where you are. For example, the breadcrumb of the Deploy process doc is Docs, then engineering, then Deploy process.

- Select a part of the breadcrumb to go to that folder.
- The last part is the page that you are on. It is not a link.

On a phone, a long breadcrumb shows only the first part and the last part. Select **Show path** to see the parts between them. Select **Hide path** to hide them again.

In a wide window, a breadcrumb with more than four parts hides its middle parts behind an ellipsis. Select the ellipsis to show them.

## On a phone

kmem works in the browser of a phone. You do not install an app.

![kmem on a phone. The four main areas are in the bar at the bottom of the screen.](/guide/030-shell-phone.webp)

- The bar at the bottom of the screen shows **Docs**, **Ask**, **Review** and **Connect**. It never shows more than five items.
- The org menu is at the top left. The account menu is at the top right.
- On the page of a doc or a batch, a **Back** button is at the top left.
- The org menu and the Details panel open as sheets from the bottom of the screen.

## Choose a theme

kmem has a light theme and a dark theme.

1. Open the account menu.
2. Under **Theme**, select one of these choices:
   - **System** uses the setting of your device.
   - **Light** always uses the light theme.
   - **Dark** always uses the dark theme.

kmem remembers your choice in this browser.

![The Docs overview in the dark theme.](/guide/030-dark-theme.webp)

## Keyboard shortcuts

On a Mac, use Cmd. On Windows and Linux, use Ctrl.

| Keys | Where | What it does |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ctrl+S or Cmd+S | The editor | Saves the doc. |
| Ctrl+B or Cmd+B | The editor | Makes the selected text bold. |
| Ctrl+I or Cmd+I | The editor | Makes the selected text italic. |
| Ctrl+K or Cmd+K | The editor | Adds a link. |
| Ctrl+Shift+K or Cmd+Shift+K | The editor | Adds a wikilink to another doc. |
| Esc, then Tab | The editor | Moves the focus out of the editor. |
| / | Ask | Moves the focus to the question field. |
| Enter | Ask | Sends the question. |
| Shift+Enter | Ask | Adds a new line to the question. |
| Ctrl+Enter or Cmd+Enter | A batch in Review | Accepts the batch. |
| Esc | A dialog or a menu | Closes it. |

## Next steps

- [Read and find docs](./040-read-and-find-docs.md)
- [Write and edit docs](./050-write-and-edit-docs.md)
- [Manage your account](./220-manage-your-account.md)