More on those later. The size of the panel is also specified in Panel Properties. In addition, footnote panels can be specified. Footnotes can be linked to and from but do not appear in a book's Table of Contents. I began by adding a few words to my panel explaining what I was up to.
Hot keys are available and are conveniently displayed alongside their respective elements.
At this point, you are essentially working with a text editor and you can freely enter text as you see fit. Adding a list is as easy as selecting one of the list elements and entering the items you want formatted as a list. Graphics are similarly created. Hyperwise handles them all. Indexes to on-line documents are easily created by highlighting the text you want included in the index and then linking it to the appropriate panel.