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What Writing Desk is, what you can write in it, and finding your way around.

Getting the app, syncing books and documents, notes, and how phone edits come back to your Mac.

Projects, Writing Desk documents and documents: setting them up, organising them, and where they live on your Mac.

The editor, formatting, shortcuts, Word and markdown files, autosave and version history.

Planning and structuring your story across Doc, Board, and Timeline views.

Exporting your manuscript and typesetting it into a finished book with the Formatter.

Proofreader, Editorial Review for fiction and non-fiction, Prose Analysis, Manuscript Review and the AI Editor chat.

Tracking your sessions, pace, and progress toward your goals.

Creating, managing, and deleting your Writing Desk account.

Plans, credits, top-ups, and managing your subscription.

How Writing Desk's AI works, and what does (and doesn't) leave your machine.

File types, updates, offline use and getting help.

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