Writing a document

Open Docs from the app launcher, the grid of dots at the top of the sidebar, then press New document. The document exists immediately, in the workspace you are currently in, and starts saving from the first character you type. There is no Save button anywhere in Nemi Docs.

Starting a document#

1. 1

   Press New document

   Or press Import to start from a file. Word (.docx), OpenDocument (.odt), Rich Text, Markdown, plain text, HTML and CSV all come in, and a .nemi file opens as its own new document.

2. 2

   Name it

   Type over Untitled in the top left of the editor. The name is what the document is called everywhere else, including in a share link.

3. 3

   Write

   The floating bar at the bottom of the screen holds the formatting. Everything in it applies to what you have selected, or to the paragraph the cursor is in.

What the formatting bar holds#

A checklist is a real list of tickable boxes rather than a paragraph of dashes, so it survives an export and stays tickable for whoever you share the document with. Tables are inserted three by three with a header row, and grow as you type into them.

Pages#

A document is drawn as discrete sheets with a gap between them, the same layout you get when you export a PDF, so what you see on screen is where the page breaks will actually fall. A long document can also be split into named pages, listed in the sidebar: press Add page to make one, and right-click a page to rename or delete it. Collaborators can each be on a different page at the same time.

Saving, and the chip that tells you about it#

Your document is one file, stored in Nemi's own .nemi format: compressed, with its images and its authorship record inside it. Edits are sent to the workspace as you make them, so there is nothing to save and nothing to lose to a closed tab. The chip in the top right of the editor says which of four things is happening.

• Saved. Everything you have typed is stored.
• Saving. A save is in flight. It normally lasts under a second.
• Reconnecting. The connection dropped. Your edits are held locally and sent when it comes back, so keep the tab open rather than closing it.
• Save issue. Something is refusing to store. Stop typing, wait a moment, and if it does not clear, copy your last paragraph somewhere safe before reloading.

How many documents you can have#

There is a ceiling on the total number of documents, spreadsheets, canvases and forms you can create. It is deliberately high: it exists to stop abuse, not to sell you an upgrade, and a normal amount of work will not reach it.