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Files

Formats, saving and autosave, backups, changes on disk, export and cloud folders.

Formats

The files Calmly Writer opens and saves, what each one keeps, and which to choose as the default.

Saving and autosave

Saving by hand or letting the app do it, where new documents go, and how they are named.

Opening files

The open dialog, the list of recent files, and the other ways a document can arrive in a tab.

Backups and previous versions

The copies the app keeps of every open document, how to go back to an earlier one, and how to get back a document you closed without saving.

Changes on disk

What the app does when a file open in a tab is changed by another program, a sync service or another computer.

Export and print

Word and PDF from the document on the screen, and what to use for HTML and Markdown instead.

Cloud folders

Keeping documents in Google Drive, Dropbox or OneDrive, on the desktop and on Android, and what each service can and cannot do.