# Import a Word document into Plot > Bring a .docx treatment, outline, or idea document into a new Plot project, review the formatting changes, and begin with editable prose. [Try it in Plot](https://app.inkwell.software/projects) Import a Word document from the projects page to start a new Plot project with editable paragraphs, headings, lists, and emphasis. Everything arrives as prose — a line that looks like dialogue stays a line of prose until you decide it belongs in a scene. 1. **Save your source as .docx** Use Word's `.docx` format. For an older `.doc` file, save a `.docx` copy first. From Google Docs, download a Microsoft Word `.docx` copy. Keep the source file for its original page layout and any images. 2. **Choose Import file on the projects page** Select your file and give the new project a name. Each import starts a new project. 3. **Choose a project format and starting mode** Choose **Treatment** for a prose-first story document, or a script format such as **Screenplay** if you already know where it's headed. **Start writing in** follows the format you choose: Treatment for a treatment or series bible, Freeform for a script format. Pick a different mode there if you'd rather start another way, and it stays picked when you change the format. You can change the mode later from the editor. 4. **Review the import** Choose **Review import**. Read the preview and **Changes to review**, especially if your document uses tables, images, fields, or page layout — Plot sets the text in its own typography. A long document's preview shows only the beginning; the whole document is imported. Choose **Back** to pick a different file or format, then review again. 5. **Create the project and mark the starting version** Choose **Create project & open**. Read through the imported writing, then use History to name a save point or tag a milestone such as “Imported treatment” before substantial restructuring. That gives you a version to compare or restore later. ![After import, tag the starting version as a milestone in History. The name helps you find the original treatment as the script develops.](https://www.inkwell.software/help/milestone-dialog.light.webp) _After import, tag the starting version as a milestone in History. The name helps you find the original treatment as the script develops._ ## Keep developing the draft Add [prose, outline, and script sections](https://www.inkwell.software/help/document-evolution/mix-prose-and-script), or check [what Word formatting carries over](https://www.inkwell.software/help/document-evolution/word-formatting-and-export). If your finished script is available as FDX or Fountain, [import that screenplay file](https://www.inkwell.software/help/getting-started/import-a-final-draft-file) to retain its screenplay element types. ## What next - [Word formatting and export choices](https://www.inkwell.software/help/document-evolution/word-formatting-and-export): See which Word features become editable Plot writing, which changes the import report explains, and what to check before sharing a PDF or screenplay file. - [Work with prose and script in one draft](https://www.inkwell.software/help/document-evolution/mix-prose-and-script): Use prose for the story you are still exploring, outlines for beats, and script sections for scenes that are ready to write in screenplay form. - [Solve Word import and conversion problems](https://www.inkwell.software/help/document-evolution/import-and-conversion-problems): Find the next step when a Word file will not import, the preview changes its formatting, a mode is unavailable, or a return to Treatment is blocked. - [Import a Final Draft file](https://www.inkwell.software/help/getting-started/import-a-final-draft-file): Bring an .fdx or Fountain file into Plot with scene headings, characters, and dialogue intact, and read the import report before you write. --- Canonical page: