Save a document

iA Writer Pro automatically saves your documents as you work, even if you haven’t saved them with a filename yet.

Open iA Writer Pro

To save a document:
  1. In iA Writer Pro, choose File ➤ Save….
  2. Select the save location, name your document, then click Save.
To save a document in iCloud:

If you save to iCloud, it stores your documents and makes them available on all your devices. iA Writer Pro preselects the document’s current Workflow folder as the save location.

  • Make sure iCloud Documents & Data is On, then:
  • For Mac OS X 10.8+:
    1. Choose File ➤ Save….
    2. Click iCloud in the top left corner of the Save dialog, name your document, then click Save.
  • For Mac OS X 10.7:
    1. Choose File ➤ Save…, and save the document on your computer.
    2. Choose File ➤ iCloud… ➤ Move to iCloud.

→ Use the iCloud Documents & Data service

To rename and save a copy of the document:
  1. In iA Writer Pro, choose File ➤ Duplicate.
  2. Choose File ➤ Save….
  3. Name your document, select the save location, then click Save.

iA Writer Pro saves your document as a plain text file using UTF-8 encoding. The file extension used depends on the document’s Workflow state: