Documents

Every piece of content in your project is one of six document types. Each serves a different purpose, and together they give you the flexibility to keep all of your creative work — writing, visuals, research, references — in a single place.

Text Documents

Markdown-based writing documents with live formatting. Use them for chapters, notes, research summaries, character profiles, or any text-based work. Each document includes a synopsis field for brief summaries that appear in the Folder Outline View and on canvas cards, a notes field for private context that stays out of your exports, and full writing statistics in the Inspector.

See Writing with Markdown to get started with the editor.

Folders

Hierarchical containers that organize content at any depth, providing a snapshot of the Organizer. Folders can contain documents, other folders, canvases, media, and web pages.

Info

Any document type can contain children — not just folders. This means a chapter can hold its own research, and a location description can nest related images right where they belong.

See Using Folders for more on folder structure and the Folder Outline View.

Canvas Documents

Canvases are spatial workspaces for arranging content visually. Place document cards, images, text labels, web pages, and pin markers on the canvas, then draw connections between them to map relationships. You can edit documents directly on their canvas cards without leaving your spatial context.

See The Canvas for a full introduction.

Sketch Documents

Sketches are freehand drawing documents. Use Apple Pencil or your finger to create sketches that live alongside your writing. Each sketch has a configurable canvas with background options (transparent, light, or dark) and an optional grid overlay (dots or lines). Sketches can be embedded in other documents and placed on canvases.

Sketch editing is available on iPad and iPhone. On Mac, sketches synced from your other devices can be viewed and used like any other image — you just can't draw on them there.

See Images and Sketches for more on embedding sketches in your documents.

Media Documents

Store images, PDFs, audio, and video files directly in your project. Supported formats include:

Category	Formats
Images	JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, WebP, HEIC/HEIF
Audio	MP3, WAV, AAC, M4A, FLAC, OGG
Video	MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, WebM, M4V
Documents	PDF, DOC, DOCX

See Importing Media and Web Pages for how to bring media into your project.

Web Page Documents

Save URLs as project documents for reference. Drag a URL into the Organizer, use the Share Extension on iPad/iPhone, or paste a link to create one. Web pages display using native web views and generate rich link previews with title, image, and description metadata — useful for keeping research sources alongside your writing so you can reference them without switching apps.

See Importing Media and Web Pages for more on bringing external content into your project.