✏️ PenPal
New project…a fresh book or manuscript
Open project…your project library
Save as…branch this project under a new name
Duplicate to new windowkeep both open at once
Savekeep your edits (⌘S)
Export…Markdown, HTML, or Word
Export project…a .penpal folder you own and can back up
Import project…open a .penpal folder from anywhere
Keep projects in a folder…write your work to real files on disk (Chrome and Edge)
Agent access…let an agent read and write a project
Page setup…page size in inches
Keyboard Shortcuts…see every binding, reassign any of them (⌘/)
Macros…replace a word with another as you type it
Settings…preferences that follow you, not the project
Run benchmarktyping and scroll timing
Undo⌘Z
Redo⇧⌘Z
Bold⌘B
Italic⌘I
Underline⌘U
Strikethrough⌘⇧S
Highlight⌘⇧H
Find and Replace⌘F
Linklink the selected text (⌘K)
Image…insert a picture, wrap text around it
Fielda label and a place to type; build your own sheets
Table2 by 2; grows where you point
Horizontal rulea full width line (⌘I, or --- then ↵)
Page breakstart the next page (⌘I, or === then ↵)
Beat scaffoldPurpose, Questions, and an end marker
Editing Mode writing
Writing
Layout
Hide Library
Hide Counter
Fold Plot Points
Hide Markup Bar
Show Paragraph Numbers
Macros on
Zoom In⌘ +
Zoom Out⌘ −
Default Size⌘ 0
Zoom 100%
Fit width
Fit page
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Fixed Scrolling off
Off
Top
Center
Bottom
Variable
Highlight off
Off
Line
Sentence
Paragraph
Theme
Show Invisiblesoff
Writing Target Baron
Measurement Unitpixels
Hide Toolbar
Hide Interfacedistraction-free (⌘. or Esc)
Enter Full Screen⌃⌘F
Writing goal…target, timeline, daily pace
Compile to manuscript…read a folder's pages as one
Progress
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Reading time0 sec
Writing goal
No goal yet. Pick a page or folder to write, a target length, and how hard to push. Pen Pal proposes a finish date and a daily target.
Beats 0
Session timer
25:00
Outline
Project