Getting started with WebF1 Pad

WebF1 Pad opens with a welcome screen the first time. After that, it restores the notes, chats and view you were using when you closed it. This guide walks you through the first ten minutes.

Create and rename a note

1. Click the + button in the tab strip (or press Ctrl+N) to create a new note.
2. Save it with Ctrl+S (or File → Save As) to pick a name and location. The tab title follows the file name.
3. From then on, every keystroke is saved automatically - there is nothing else to press.

Format without learning Markdown first

The toolbar has familiar buttons for bold and italic text, headings, bullet and numbered lists, checklists, tables, links and images. Use those controls as you would in another writing app. The note is stored as Markdown underneath, but learning the syntax is optional.

Open files

• Use File → Open (Ctrl+O) or drag files from your file manager onto the pad.
• WebF1 Pad opens .md, .markdown and .txt files, plus popular code files (.rs, .py, .ts, .go, .json, .yaml, .xml, …) as syntax-highlighted tabs.
• The Open Recent menu remembers what you worked on and cleans up entries whose files have disappeared.

Use the live preview

1. View → Preview: Side-by-side (or Ctrl+Shift+P) shows the finished note next to the editor.
2. View → Preview: Separate Window pops the preview out on desktop - drag it to a second monitor and it stays in sync.
3. Checkboxes in a rendered task list toggle the underlying markdown, so your todo lists round-trip.

Protect your work

• Autosave is on by default: saved notes write back silently, while unsaved notes are kept in the restored app session and in crash-recovery copies.
• After an interruption, reopening WebF1 Pad can offer the latest recovery copy of an unsaved note.

Make it yours

Settings (gear icon, or View → Settings) cover themes and accent colors, spell check, autosave, font zoom, storage location, cloud backup, AI connections and advanced agent connections.