Writer
Legacy channel features
Full menu set including Styles, Form design mode, extended Table tools,
Navigator, images and charts view toggles, spelling, language, sort paragraphs, and Options.
Modern channel features
Streamlined menus, ODF and Word open/save, Save As, Close, Pro cloud save,
spelling, word count, find and replace, AutoCorrect, and toolbar paragraph styles.
File formats
Snipe Writer can open and save the formats below.
Use File → Save… and choose the type from the list.
Code, config, and subtitle files open in a monospace editor that keeps line breaks and structure intact.
ODF (Open Document Format)
| Extension | Open | Save | Notes |
|---|
.odt | Yes | Yes | Default Writer format; opens in SnipeOffice / LibreOffice |
.ott | Yes | Yes | ODF text template |
.fodt | Yes | Yes | Flat ODF XML |
Microsoft Word
| Extension | Open | Save | Notes |
|---|
.docx | Yes | Yes | Word 2007+ document (basic layout; paragraphs, bold/italic/underline, simple tables as tab-separated lines) |
.dotx | Yes | Yes | Word 2007+ template |
.doc | Yes | Yes | HTML wrapper for Word compatibility |
.dot | Yes | Yes | HTML saved as a Word template (same approach as .doc) |
Web & plain text
| Extension | Open | Save | Notes |
|---|
.html / .htm | Yes | Yes | HTML document with page body content |
.txt | Yes | Yes | Plain text; one paragraph per line |
.log | Yes | Yes | Log file; same handling as plain text |
Web & code / config
These open in a monospace <pre> view so indentation and syntax are preserved.
| Extension | Open | Save | Notes |
|---|
.json | Yes | Yes | JSON data |
.xml | Yes | Yes | XML markup |
.ini | Yes | Yes | INI / settings file |
.cfg | Yes | Yes | Config file |
Subtitle files
All subtitle types use the same monospace editor. Structure (timestamps, sections, markup) is kept as plain text.
| Extension | Open | Save | Notes |
|---|
.srt | Yes | Yes | SubRip |
.vtt | Yes | Yes | WebVTT |
.ass | Yes | Yes | Advanced SubStation Alpha |
.ssa | Yes | Yes | SubStation Alpha |
.sbv | Yes | Yes | YouTube SubViewer |
.smi / .sami | Yes | Yes | SAMI subtitles |
.usf | Yes | Yes | Universal Subtitle Format (XML) |
.dfxp | Yes | Yes | Timed Text / TTML (XML) |
.mpl | Yes | Yes | MPlayer subtitle |
.stl | Yes | Yes | Apple Studio plain-text subtitle; saved with UTF-8 BOM |
Export (Writer only)
| Format | Menu | Notes |
|---|
.pdf | File → Export as PDF… | Text-based PDF export from document content |
.epub | File → Export as EPUB… | E-book package from document content |
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