Whenever you want to do something beyond writing in iA Writer for Windows, you’ll want to look to the menus.
Menus
01. File Menu
New
Clears the Editor and offers a blank slate to create a new document
Open
Displays a dialog which lets you browse to a file and open it in iA Writer
Save
Saves the currently open file; on the first save you will be asked to name the file
Save As
Allows you to save the currently open file under a new name
Export > HTML|PDF
Choose this to have an HTML or PDF file generated from the contents of the Editor; you’ll be asked for a location to save this file
Show in Explorer
Opens a File Explorer window showing the folder in which the current document resides
Install Template
Displays a dialog allowing to browse for a custom template to install
Print
Displays a dialog which lets you print the current contents of the Editor
Quit
Quits iA Writer
02. Edit Menu
Undo
Undoes the previous action in the Editor
Redo
Redoes the previous action in the Editor
Cut
Removes the currently selected text from the Editor and copies it to the clipboard
Copy
Copies any text currently selected in the Editor to the clipboard
Paste
Pastes any text in the clipboard into the Editor at the caret’s current position
Delete
Removes the currently selected text from the Editor
Select All
Selects all text in the document currently open in the Editor
Find
Shows the Find bar, placing focus in the Find field so you can search for text in your document
Find Next
Jumps to the next result of a previous search using Find
Replace
Opens the Find bar with the Replace fields already visible
Replace All
Replaces all instances of found text with the text in the replace field
03. Format Menu
Body Text
Removes Markdown formatting from the currently selected text
Strong
Adds Markdown for bold text to the currently selected text
Emphasis
Adds Markdown for italics to the currently selected text
Strong Emphasis
Adds Markdown for both bold and italic text to the currently selected text
04. Headings Menu
Heading (1-6)
Converts the line on which the caret is placed into a Markdown heading
05. List Menu
Unordered List
Converts the currently selected line(s) into a bulleted list. If nothing is selected, the current line will be made into a list item.
Ordered List
Converts the currently selected line(s) into a numbered list. If nothing is selected, the current line will be made into a list item.
Task
Converts the currently selected line(s) into a task list. If nothing is selected, the current line will be made into a list item.
Check/Uncheck Task
If the caret is positioned on a line with a task list item, this will add or remove a check to that item (These can also be checked on and off with the mouse in the Editor)
06. Table Menu
Add Table
Inserts a table at the current caret position
Table of Contents
Inserts a table of contents a the current caret position
07. Link Menu
Add [Hyperlink, Footnote, Footnote Reference]
Inserts Markdown syntax for the chosen item at the current caret position
Embed [Image, Textfile, CSV]
Opens a dialog allowing you to browse for an image, text file or CSV which will be embedded into the document at the current caret position
08. View Menu
Focus → Paragraph
Dims all the text except for the paragraph in which the caret is positioned
Focus → Sentence
Dims all the text except for the sentence in which the caret is positioned
Focus → Off
Turns off Focus Mode
Focus → Typewriter Scrolling
Keeps the caret positioned in the center of the window at all times and scrolls the text when using up/down cursor arrows
Full Screen
Toggles full screen mode
Night Mode
Toggles between Night and Day color themes
Spellcheck
Toggles usage of the built-in spell checker
Show Hidden Characters
Hidden characters such as line feeds are shown in the Editor when this is toggled on
Line Length
Adjust this value to set the desired maximum line length in the Editor (it may be reduced in narrow width windows)
Text Size
Set the size of the text in the Editor and Preview
Preview
Opens/Closes the Preview window
09. Help Menu
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iA Writer Help
Opens the integrated help files
What's New
Shows release notes for current version
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