We’re very excited to debut the first version of our importer. Currently, our importer only supports Markdown (.md) files. (Don’t worry—importing from .docx is on the roadmap!) Here’s how to get started.
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Markdown is an easy-to-use markup language—if you use programs like Discord and Slack, you’ve probably already used basic Markdown to format your text.

To import a file, open your dashboard, click or tap New document and select Import Markdown (.md). Then select a .md file from your computer or phone.

Our importer can handle long, but simple, text files. For instance, since we don’t support images (yet!), any images you upload won’t be imported. You can learn more about our markdown shortcuts here—below you’ll find an overview of the syntax that is / isn’t supported by our current importer.
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Some programs will let you directly save or export to Markdown. In other instances, you might need to work with an online converter.

To save your Google Docs work as Markdown, you’ll need to open your document on a laptop or desktop computer. Open your document, then navigate to File —> Download —> Markdown (.md)

Microsoft Word doesn’t export or save to .md (but get in touch to correct us if we’re wrong!). As a workaround, you can try Pandoc (though there is a steep learning curve) or import your .docx files into Google Docs and download them as .md files.

If you look online, you might find other plugins and extensions—we just don’t want to recommend any that we haven’t personally vetted.

Open your Scrivener project then navigate to File —> Export —> Files. Then find the file type options next to Export text files as: and select Multimarkdown.md.

Importing in Ellipsus will improve alongside our text editor—the more our editor supports, the more we’ll be able to reliably import. If you have specific feedback on the current import experience, reach out via our in-app chat or email [email protected].