Byword Help

Creating a document

Creating a new document in Byword is a keystroke away. Press ⌘N and a new document will open with the default format. The default format for new document can be configure in the Preferences.


Creating a Markdown document

Markdown documents are simply plain text files with Markdown extras on top. To learn more about what is Markdown, visit Byword's Markdown guide on our website.

When saving a Markdown document you should prefer an extension that is commonly recognized as plain text. Byword recognizes the following plain text extensions: txt, text, md, markdown, markdn, mdown and mkdn.


Creating a Rich Text document