Welcome

This is the user guide for WriteRoom, a distraction-free writing app for your Mac.

Please let me know if you have questions, suggestions, or if you find errors. I'd like to make this guide as useful to you as possible.

Thanks,
Jesse Grosjean
jesse@hogbaysoftware.com
WriteRoom Support Forum

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Introduction

• Why WriteRoom?
• What's New?
• Getting Started

Writing

• Text Editing
• Markdown Formatting
• Arranging Text
• Links & Footnotes
• Markdown Tables
• Spelling & Grammar
• Using Find Bar

Organizing

• Headings & Folding
• Clean Up & Check

Focus

• Focus & Typewriter
• Word Count & Goals

Windows

• Using Windows
• Split Editor

Look & Sound

• Using Themes
• Typography
• Typing Sounds

Files

• Using Documents
• Plain Text & Markdown
• Rich Text Documents
• Hard-Wrapped Markdown
• Exporting Documents
• Markdown Beyond WriteRoom
• Printing Documents

Automation

• Using Scripts
• Using Shortcuts
• Command Line Interface
• Using MCP Server

Reference

• Keyboard Shortcuts
• Settings Window
• Markdown Flavor
• Accessibility
• Licensing
• Software Update
• Software Credits