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Import your existing manuscript (Word / Scrivener / Markdown)

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Already have a draft in Word / Scrivener / Markdown? Five minutes to move it into Slima with chapter structure intact.

Supported sources

Format How Chapter detection
Word (.docx) Drop or pick the file Heading 1 → chapter
Scrivener (.zip) Zip the binder, drop it Scrivener's chapter structure preserved
Markdown (.md / folder) Drop the whole folder One file → one chapter; subfolders → Slima folders
Plain text (.txt) Drop the file No chapter splitting — the whole thing becomes one file

How to import

1 · From "My Works", click "+ New work"

Slima home: after entering a studio, "+ New Work" dialog has an "Import existing content" option

Pick "Import existing".

2 · Drop your file or folder

You can:

  • Drop one file — Slima auto-detects the format
  • Drop a folder — Slima preserves the folder structure (Markdown writers love this)
  • Click "Choose file" — pick from your file manager

3 · Confirm the chapter split

Slima previews what it detected:

  • Which paragraphs become chapters
  • Which become notes
  • Which paragraphs it couldn't parse (manually flag those)

Click "Confirm import" and you're in the editor.

Word: things to know

  • Paragraphs styled as Heading 1 become chapter titles
  • Paragraphs styled as Heading 2 become section headers inside a chapter (h2)
  • Images aren't supported yet — text imports, illustrations are dropped
  • Footnotes survive, formatting may shift a little
  • Track Changes are imported as if accepted

Scrivener: things to know

  • Zip the entire .scrivx project before dropping it
  • Binder folders become Slima folders, text files become Slima files
  • Scrivener Document Notes land in Slima's "Notes" folder
  • Inspector keywords don't carry over (yet)

Markdown: things to know

  • Drop the whole folder for the best result
  • Each .md becomes a Slima file
  • Subfolders become Slima subfolders
  • Frontmatter (YAML between --- markers) is preserved but hidden from the editor view

Want to import more later?

Import isn't one-shot — once you're in the editor, the "+" at the top of the file tree also accepts dropped files. Same flow.

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