Plain Markdown. On a calm page.

Write on a clean, formatted page. Your files stay plain Markdown that opens anywhere.

£14.99 one purchase, no subscription

Coming to the Mac App Store

The real SolveText, with a made-up sample note: the dock folds away, then the same note as the plain Markdown underneath. The feature demos below are drawn in its own look.

Page and source

A page, not a code editor.

You write on the finished page. Press ⌥⌘M, or choose it in the View tray, to see the plain Markdown underneath.

Type /

Anything, from one key.

Type a slash on an empty line for headings, lists, tables, diagrams and more.

Import

Bring your documents in.

Open a .docx, spreadsheet, .pptx or PDF as a new Markdown note. The original is never changed.

All features

Everything SolveText does today, group by group.

  • 8 features

    Writing

    • A formatted page, with the Markdown source a key away
    • Markdown marks show only around the cursor, so the page reads clean
    • Type / for any of 18 kinds of block
    • A format bar at the top, or over a selection
    • Spelling checked as you type
    • Clean paste from documents and web pages; copied spreadsheet cells become a table
    • Paste as plain text
    • Find and replace, with match case and whole word, every match listed under its heading
  • 6 features

    Formatting

    • Bold, italic, strikethrough and code
    • Highlight, superscript and subscript
    • Headings and body text from a style gallery
    • Bulleted, numbered and checklist items, with levels
    • Quotes, lines and code blocks
    • Clear formatting
  • 8 features

    Structure

    • Tables: pick the size from a grid; add, move and delete rows and columns; align each column; header row on or off
    • Typeset maths, inline and as blocks
    • Diagrams drawn from text, with the text beside the drawing to edit
    • A live table of contents
    • Footnotes that show when you hover
    • Callout boxes you can fold
    • An outline: click a heading to jump to it
    • See where the PDF pages will end
  • 9 features

    Notes and links

    • Properties for a note's front matter: type --- on the first line, or press ⌘;
    • Notes from other Markdown note apps work as written: callouts, [[wiki links]] and properties
    • Links to the web, mail, notes, headings and files
    • Hover a link to see where it goes; Option-click to edit it
    • [[Wiki links]] that open the note in its own window
    • Paste or drop pictures, copied beside the note
    • Click a picture to add alt text, replace it or show it in Finder
    • Web pictures load only when you say so
    • Hidden comments stay in the file, off the page and out of the PDF
  • 6 features

    Import

    • Open .docx, spreadsheets, .pptx or PDF as a new Markdown note
    • The original is never changed
    • Scanned pages read on your Mac
    • Every import checked for anything lost, with the result in Details
    • A note of anything left out
    • Check against the original side by side, scrolling together, with scanned pages marked
  • 7 features

    Export and print

    • PDF export: Clean, Report or Technical
    • Report and Technical: a cover, contents, numbered headings and page numbers
    • Technical numbers the lines of code
    • A4 or US Letter, three margin sizes
    • A fit check lists anything shrunk, wrapped or turned before the PDF is written
    • A preview of the first page
    • Print preview in the window, and print
  • 9 features

    Files and versions

    • Saves change only what you changed
    • Each save keeps the version before it
    • Restore an earlier version
    • Rename a note by editing its title
    • Asks before closing with unsaved changes
    • Open Recent: your last notes, one click away
    • Let SolveText use a whole folder once, and it never asks again
    • Double-click a note in Finder to open it in its own window
    • Very large notes open quickly
  • 5 features

    Dock and window

    • One corner button opens a dock with every tool, and folds away while you write
    • The note's name shows Saved, Edited or Not saved yet, with Undo and Redo beside it
    • Glass in Graphite, Warm stone, Cool slate or Clear
    • Separate pages, or one long column
    • A Markdown source view with line numbers and coloured marks
  • 7 features

    Everyday touches

    • Light and dark
    • Narrow, normal or wide page
    • Zoom from 50 to 200 per cent
    • Word count, reading time and page number
    • Details: characters, headings and file size
    • Help that lists every key and every slash block
    • A key for every tool: formatting, links, find, views and export

At a glance

What SolveText needs, and what it never does.

The facts

Account needed
None
Sends over the internet
Only web pictures you allow
Data collected
None
Your files
Plain Markdown

Requirements

macOS
13 Ventura or later
Mac
Apple silicon and Intel
Languages
English

£14.99 one purchase, no subscription

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