Your first edit and save

Obtain a trusted file

Get a .yeli.html from a source you trust, download it and open it in a browser. No account or server is required. Attachment previews may disable interaction; download the file before editing instead of working inside a thumbnail viewer.

Complete the first round trip

1. Choose Edit in the preview. Click a paragraph and write “My first Yeli document”.
2. Change the document title at the top. For a section, type / in an empty block and choose a level-two heading.
3. Press ⌘/Ctrl + S, or open More and choose Save or Download updated copy directly. File is a section label, not a submenu. Read the result: Yeli may write back or download a new copy.
4. If it wrote back, locate the original file; if it downloaded, find the latest .yeli.html in Downloads. Reopen the actual saved file and confirm the title and your text survived.

Success means your edits appear after reopening the saved file. Browser recovery records and visible page content do not replace a file on disk.

Start another document

Keep an untouched trusted starter and make a copy for each document. Alternatively, choose More → Open file in an existing Yeli document, import a new .md file and save it as .yeli.html. There is no required account or cloud New document workflow.

Check before sharing

Share a trusted editable copy when the recipient should continue writing. Use a read-only export for reading. Email and chat services may block HTML attachments; check the delivery channel first. Continue with saving and conflicts and import and export.