Export, Share, Print

iA Writer for Mac offers you a plethora of ways to export your text, and helps you produce beautiful and professional documents.

You can export your file in 2 ways:

• from the menu File → Export…
• with the shortcut ⇧⌘E

Export Formats

PDF Export Options

Preview determines what Export and Print will look like. In the case of PDF, the currently selected typography in the Preview will be used.

You can change the appearance of your export by selecting another template.

PDF documents exported via File → Export… use the same options as File → Print…. To change these formatting syntaxes like adding title page, headers, or footers, go to: Preferences… → Templates → Printing & PDF Export

Printing Text

You have the choice between printing your formatted text (as you see it on Preview, the most common situation) or as plain text.

Just like for the PDF Export, you can include page numbers (footers), title page, and headers from: Preferences… → Templates → Printing & PDF Export

Paper Size

You can choose your preferred paper size for printing or exporting fom:

• Menu → File → Page Setup…
• The shortcut ⇧⌘P

From there, you will see different options including A4, Letter, Legal. Select the desired one and proceed to your export or print.

Sharing Text

iA Writer for Mac allows you to share drafts of your text to various blogging platforms such as Medium, WordPress, or Ghost. For more details about this, please check this article.

MacOS provides a system service to share any text selection via email, Twitter, Facebook, and Messages. The easiest way to use this is to select the text you want to share then:

• right-click → Share
• or File → Share

Importing Text

Import a Microsoft® Office document

iA Writer for Mac lets you import Microsoft Word .docx documents, and will convert basic formatting to the equivalent Writer flavored Markdown formatting. You can import .docx documents in 2 ways:

• File → Open… and select the .docx file
• Drag and drop the .docx file onto the iA Writer icon in the Dock (please convert .doc to .docx format using Microsoft® Office 2007 or later before importing).

The following formatting can be converted when importing from or exporting to .docx files:

Styling: While export converts formatting (e.g. bold text) your exported document’s styling (including font, font size, colours, etc.) should be manipulated in MS Word.

Import From Ulysses

Ulysses stores its files in a proprietary database format –a format unique to this software– so these files must first be exported to plain text to be readable by other apps, like iA Writer.

1. In Ulysses’ left-hand panel, add a new external folder (e.g., “Ulysses Export” on the Desktop)
2. Select storage you have added in the left-side panel; click the first sheet and then issue ⌘A to select all the sheets
3. Drag the sheets to the external folder you previously created in step 1
4. Each sheet will be converted into a plain text file in that folder
5. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for all storages you have added

When the export to plain text is finished, you can manipulate these files however you wish.

Drag this folder into iA Writer’s Library (iCloud container for example, if you wish the files to be synced with iOS).

iA Writer for iPhone is a plain-text editor but, with a plethora of ways to export your text, it helps you produce beautiful and professional documents.

You can export your files either from:

• The Editor or Preview by tapping the iOS sharing button
• The Library, with a long press on a file and select Export...
• The Lightning Menu

Export Formats

PDF Export Options

Preview determines what Export and Print will look like. In the case of PDF, the currently selected typography in the Preview will be used.

You can change the appearance of your export by selecting another Template from Preview and adding a title page, headers, or footers in Configure Templates. More about that on this dedicated page: Templates.

Printing Text

Still from the iOS sharing button, you have the choice between printing your formatted text with Print… (as you see it on Preview, the most common situation) or as plain text with Print Plain Text….

Just like for the PDF Export, you can include page numbers (footers), title page, and headers from Preview with Configure Templates.

Paper Size

You can choose your preferred paper size for printing or exporting fom:

• Settings → Templates → Paper Size
• The iOS sharing button → Print → Paper Size

From there, you will see different options including A4 or Letter. Select the desired one and proceed to your export or print.

Sharing Text

iA Writer for iOS allows you to share drafts of your text to various blogging platforms such as Medium, WordPress, or Ghost. For more details about this, please check this article.

iOS provides a system service to share any text selection via email, Twitter, Facebook, and Messages. The easiest way to use this is to select the text you want to share then choose Share in the popup menu. To share the whole file, tap the iOS sharing button and select the destination.

iA Writer for iPad is a plain-text editor but, with a plethora of ways to export your text, it helps you produce beautiful and professional documents.

You can export your files either from:

• The Editor or Preview
• The Library
• The Lightning Menu

From the Editor or Preview, simply tap the iPadOS sharing button on the top right of the title bar.

From the Library, long press on a file in the file list and select Export.

You can as well customize the Lightning Menu to access Export from there.

Export Formats

PDF Export Options

Preview determines what Export and Print will look like. In the case of PDF, the currently selected typography in the Preview will be used.

You can change the appearance of your export by selecting another Template from Preview and adding a title page, headers, or footers in Configure Templates. More about that on this dedicated page: Templates.

Printing Text

Still from the iOS sharing button, you have the choice between printing your formatted text with Print... (as you see it on Preview, the most common situation) or as plain text with Print Plain Text….

Just like for the PDF Export, you can include page numbers (footers), title page, and headers from Preview with Configure Templates.

Paper Size

You can choose your preferred paper size for printing or exporting fom:

• Settings → Templates → Paper Size
• The iOS sharing button → Print → Paper Size

From there, you will see different options including A4 or Letter. Select the desired one and proceed to your export or print.

Sharing Text

iA Writer for iPadOS allows you to share drafts of your text to various blogging platforms such as Medium, WordPress, or Ghost. For more details about this, please check this article.

iOS provides a system service to share any text selection via email, Twitter, Facebook, and Messages. The easiest way to use this is to select the text you want to share then choose Share in the popup menu. To share the whole file, tap the iOS sharing button and select the destination.

iA Writer for Android is a plain-text editor but, with a plethora of ways to export your text, it helps you produce beautiful and professional documents.

Export Formats

Writer for Android lets you export a document to various formats.

You can export your files either from the Editor or Preview.

Printing and PDF Export

You can print from either the Editor or Preview by tapping the share button (top-right).

Preview determines what Export and Print will look like, so we recommend always checking Preview before exporting or printing your document.

You can change the appearance of your export by selecting another Template.

iA Writer for Windows is a plain-text editor but, with a plethora of ways to export your text, it helps you produce beautiful and professional documents.

Export Formats

Writer for Windows lets you export a document to various formats.

You can export your file by navigating to menu: File → Export

PDF Export Options

PDF documents exported via File → Export… use the same options as File → Print…. You can directly select either A4 or Letter paper size from the PDF export dialogue box.

To change format options like adding title page, headers, or footers, go to menu: File → Preferences… → Templates.

Importing Text

Import a Microsoft® Office document

iA Writer for Windows lets you import Microsoft Word .docx documents, and will convert basic formatting to the equivalent Writer flavored Markdown formatting. You can import .docx documents via the menu: File → Import. Then, select the .docx file you’d like to import

MS Word ⟷ Markdown

The following formatting can be converted when importing from or exporting to .docx files:

Styling: While export converts formatting (e.g. bold text) your exported document’s styling (including font, font size, colours, etc.) should be manipulated in MS Word.