Open files and folders

doXmind works directly with documents on your Mac. You can open a folder for an ongoing project or open one file for a focused task.

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Open a folder workspace

Choose Open Folder on the welcome screen, or press Cmd+Shift+O. A folder workspace gives you:

• A sidebar for supported files and subfolders
• Tools to create, rename, move, and delete documents
• Quick switching between open documents
• Local page links between Markdown documents

doXmind works within the folder you select and its subfolders. If you need access to a different project, open that folder as a new workspace.

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Open one file

Choose Open File, or press Cmd+O, to work on a standalone Markdown, PDF, or supported workbook file. doXmind creates any required sidecar next to that file.

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Create a new document

Press Cmd+N to create a Markdown document. In a folder workspace, the sidebar can also create:

• Blank Markdown documents
• Markdown documents from a template
• Blank PDFs
• Blank Excel workbooks
• Folders

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Switch between documents

Press Cmd+P from the native Edit menu to open the quick file switcher. The app also assigns Cmd+Tab; macOS may use that combination for application switching. You can always select a file from the sidebar or recent documents list.

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Supported files

The stable editing formats are .md, .markdown, .pdf, and .xlsx. Macro-enabled .xlsm files have limited support. See Supported formats for details.