Tour of the Home screen

The sidebar, quick start cards, tabs, search and settings.

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Everything in TinyOffice lives in one window. The Home screen is where you start new files, find recent ones and talk to the AI assistant.

The sidebar

ItemWhat it's for
My DriveBrowse the folders on your computer
RecentFiles you opened lately
StarredFiles you marked with a star
ProjectsWeb projects you build with the assistant
Notes, Books, TranscribeWorkspace apps
AI AssistantChat with the global assistant
TrashFiles deleted from TinyOffice

Installed extensions such as Tasks and Media appear below, next to Extensions (the store). Use Customize sidebar… (or Settings → General) to choose which items appear.

Creating and opening files

  • The quick start cards — AI Docs, AI Sheets, AI Slides, AI Markdown and AI PDF — create a new file and open it with the assistant ready.
  • Open Local File (or ⌘O / Ctrl+O) opens any supported file.
  • Drag files from Finder or Explorer onto the window to open them.

Filter the file list with All / Docs / Sheets / Slides / PDF / Markdown. Right-click a file to Star, Rename, Duplicate, Move to folder, Copy path, Reveal in folder or Delete (deleted files go to your system Trash).

Tabs

Each open file gets a tab. Right-click a tab for Close, Close Others and Close All. ⇧⌘H / Shift+Ctrl+H takes you back to Home.

Search everything

Press ⌘K / Ctrl+K to open Search TinyOffice. One box searches your files, folders, notes, books and tasks. Narrow it with the Files, Folders, Notes, Books or Tasks filters, move with ↑ ↓ and press Enter to open.

Quick Chat and quick notes

  • Quick Chat opens a small assistant window from anywhere on your computer. The default shortcut is ⌥Space on macOS. Change or turn it on under Settings → Utilities → Quick Chat.
  • Quick note (⌘⇧Space / Ctrl+Shift+Space) captures a note without switching apps. Change it under Settings → General.

Settings

Settings opens as a tab; press Esc to close it.

SectionWhat's there
AccountSign in or out, your profile
Usage & BillingPlan, credits and upgrades (when signed in)
GeneralLanguage, theme (Light, Dark, Follow System), sidebar, quick note shortcut
UtilitiesChrome extension bridge, Quick Chat

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