Documents

What documents are

Documents are Markdown pages for notes, guides, plans and anything longer than a message. Each one can be up to 2 MB. Organize them in nested folders, write together in real time, and publish them as blog posts.

Find them at Documents. The tabs show My documents, Shared with me and Trash, and Search documents finds documents by title and content.

Creating a document

1. On Documents, choose New document.
2. Enter a Title, and pick a Folder and Visibility if you like.
3. Under Start from, choose Blank document or one of your templates.
4. Choose Create.

Writing and formatting

The editor shows your formatting as you write. The toolbar has headings, bold, italic, strikethrough, inline code, links, quotes, bulleted, numbered and task lists, code blocks, horizontal rules and tables, plus undo and redo.

To add an image, paste it, drag it into the editor, or use Insert image.

There's no Save button. Your changes save as you type, and the status beside the title shows Saving…, Saved or Not saved.

Writing together

Everyone with edit access can work in the same document at once. You see each other's cursors, and changes appear live. If you lose your connection, your edits merge when you reconnect.

Comments

Open Comments to leave a comment. If you select text first, the comment quotes that passage. People can Reply, and you can Resolve a thread when it's done or Reopen it later. Tick Show resolved to see finished threads.

Versions

Open Versions to see the version history. InterlinedList saves automatic snapshots while you edit and at the end of each session. To keep a particular point, give it a Version name and choose Save. View shows an old version, and Restore this version brings it back.

Folders

• New folder creates a folder. Folders can be nested, and names are up to 80 characters.
• Move… moves a document to another folder.
• The buttons beside a folder in the tree add a subfolder, rename, share, export or delete it. Exporting a folder downloads a zip of its Markdown files.
• Deleted documents go to Trash, where you can Restore them.

Templates

Any document in your _templates folder becomes a template, and appears under Start from when you create a document. Add the default templates fills the folder with a starter set, including Recipe, Meeting Notes, Release Notes, Decision Record, Retrospective and more. Edit them, or add your own documents to the folder.

Visibility and sharing

A document is Private, Anyone with the link, or Public. Public documents have a page at /@handle/docs/… and are listed on your profile.

Choose Share to invite people by handle or email, or to create a share link:

Share links can be viewer, commenter or editor links, with an expiry (never, 1 day, 7 days or 30 days) and an optional password. Viewer and commenter links work without an account. Sharing a folder shares the documents inside it.

Exporting

Export on a document downloads it as Markdown or HTML. Print / PDF opens a printable page that you can save as a PDF from your browser. To export many documents at once, see Export your data.

Related

• Blog: publish a document as a blog post.
• Create from…: turn a document, or part of one, into a list or a message.