Guides
Short, practical articles about working with the plain text files you use every day, and about how BookmarkFiles keeps them close at hand.
How BookmarkFiles opens and saves your filesA plain explanation of how a web page can open, edit and save files on your computer, and what BookmarkFiles does and does not do.
Organize the text files you use every dayPractical ways to keep prompts, checklists, templates and notes one click away, using descriptions, folders and saved layouts.
Why text files look garbled: UTF-8, EUC-KR and other encodingsWhat text encodings are, why some files show strange characters, and how BookmarkFiles reads and saves UTF-8, EUC-KR, BOMs and line endings.
Find and replace across many files, safelyHow to change the same word or sentence in one file, several selected files, or every open file, without surprises.
Back up your files before you edit themSimple, low-effort habits for protecting text files you edit in place, including copies, version history and Git.
Is it safe to open local files in a web page?How browser file permissions work, what a site can and cannot do with the files you choose, and how to check and revoke access.
Keyboard shortcuts and quick actions in BookmarkFilesA reference of keyboard shortcuts, mouse actions and right-click menus for working faster in BookmarkFiles.