diff --git a/browser/components/MarkdownPreview.js b/browser/components/MarkdownPreview.js
index c5fbc949..7a376470 100644
--- a/browser/components/MarkdownPreview.js
+++ b/browser/components/MarkdownPreview.js
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import consts from 'browser/lib/consts'
 import Raphael from 'raphael'
 import flowchart from 'flowchart'
 import SequenceDiagram from 'js-sequence-diagrams'
+import eventEmitter from 'browser/main/lib/eventEmitter'
+import fs from 'fs'
 
 function decodeHTMLEntities (text) {
   var entities = [
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ function decodeHTMLEntities (text) {
 const { remote } = require('electron')
 const { app } = remote
 const path = require('path')
+const dialog = remote.dialog
 
 const markdownStyle = require('!!css!stylus?sourceMap!./markdown.styl')[0][1]
 const appPath = 'file://' + (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
@@ -90,6 +93,8 @@ export default class MarkdownPreview extends React.Component {
     this.mouseUpHandler = (e) => this.handleMouseUp(e)
     this.anchorClickHandler = (e) => this.handlePreviewAnchorClick(e)
     this.checkboxClickHandler = (e) => this.handleCheckboxClick(e)
+    this.saveAsTextHandler = () => this.handleSaveAsText()
+    this.saveAsMdHandler = () => this.handleSaveAsMd()
   }
 
   handlePreviewAnchorClick (e) {
@@ -134,6 +139,31 @@ export default class MarkdownPreview extends React.Component {
     if (this.props.onMouseUp != null) this.props.onMouseUp(e)
   }
 
+  handleSaveAsText () {
+    this.exportAsDocument('txt')
+  }
+
+  handleSaveAsMd () {
+    this.exportAsDocument('md')
+  }
+
+  exportAsDocument (fileType) {
+    const options = {
+      filters: [
+        { name: 'Documents', extensions: [fileType]}
+      ],
+      properties: ['openFile', 'createDirectory']
+    }
+    dialog.showSaveDialog(remote.getCurrentWindow(), options,
+    (filename) => {
+      if (filename) {
+        fs.writeFile(filename, this.props.value, (err) => {
+          if (err) throw err
+        })
+      }
+    })
+  }
+
   componentDidMount () {
     this.refs.root.setAttribute('sandbox', 'allow-scripts')
     this.refs.root.contentWindow.document.body.addEventListener('contextmenu', this.contextMenuHandler)
@@ -149,12 +179,16 @@ export default class MarkdownPreview extends React.Component {
 
     this.refs.root.contentWindow.document.addEventListener('mousedown', this.mouseDownHandler)
     this.refs.root.contentWindow.document.addEventListener('mouseup', this.mouseUpHandler)
+    eventEmitter.on('export:save-text', this.saveAsTextHandler)
+    eventEmitter.on('export:save-md', this.saveAsMdHandler)
   }
 
   componentWillUnmount () {
     this.refs.root.contentWindow.document.body.removeEventListener('contextmenu', this.contextMenuHandler)
     this.refs.root.contentWindow.document.removeEventListener('mousedown', this.mouseDownHandler)
     this.refs.root.contentWindow.document.removeEventListener('mouseup', this.mouseUpHandler)
+    eventEmitter.off('export:save-text', this.saveAsTextHandler)
+    eventEmitter.off('export:save-md', this.saveAsMdHandler)
   }
 
   componentDidUpdate (prevProps) {
diff --git a/browser/main/NoteList/index.js b/browser/main/NoteList/index.js
index 1edb2fb2..82c0bbc3 100644
--- a/browser/main/NoteList/index.js
+++ b/browser/main/NoteList/index.js
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ class NoteList extends React.Component {
     this.focusHandler = () => {
       this.refs.list.focus()
     }
+    this.alertIfSnippetHnalder = () => {
+      this.alertIfSnippet()
+    }
 
     this.state = {
     }
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@ class NoteList extends React.Component {
     ee.on('list:next', this.selectNextNoteHandler)
     ee.on('list:prior', this.selectPriorNoteHandler)
     ee.on('list:focus', this.focusHandler)
+    ee.on('list:isMarkdownNote', this.alertIfSnippetHnalder)
   }
 
   componentWillReceiveProps (nextProps) {
@@ -66,6 +70,7 @@ class NoteList extends React.Component {
     ee.off('list:next', this.selectNextNoteHandler)
     ee.off('list:prior', this.selectPriorNoteHandler)
     ee.off('list:focus', this.focusHandler)
+    ee.off('list:isMarkdownNote', this.alertIfSnippetHnalder)
   }
 
   componentDidUpdate (prevProps) {
@@ -305,6 +310,20 @@ class NoteList extends React.Component {
     })
   }
 
+  alertIfSnippet() {
+    let { location } = this.props
+    const targetIndex = _.findIndex(this.notes, (note) => {
+      return `${note.storage}-${note.key}` === location.query.key
+    })
+    if (this.notes[targetIndex].type === 'SNIPPET_NOTE') {
+      dialog.showMessageBox(remote.getCurrentWindow(), {
+        type: 'warning',
+        message: 'Sorry!',
+        detail: 'md/text import is available only a markdown note.'
+      })
+    }
+  }
+
   render () {
     let { location, notes, config } = this.props
     let sortFunc = config.sortBy === 'CREATED_AT'
diff --git a/lib/main-menu.js b/lib/main-menu.js
index 482c8b07..9a95fe1d 100644
--- a/lib/main-menu.js
+++ b/lib/main-menu.js
@@ -62,6 +62,28 @@ var file = {
     {
       type: 'separator'
     },
+    {
+      label: 'Export as',
+      submenu: [
+        {
+          label: 'Plain Text (.txt)',
+          click () {
+            mainWindow.webContents.send('list:isMarkdownNote')
+            mainWindow.webContents.send('export:save-text')
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          label: 'MarkDown (.md)',
+          click () {
+            mainWindow.webContents.send('list:isMarkdownNote')
+            mainWindow.webContents.send('export:save-md')
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      type: 'separator'
+    },
     {
       label: 'Delete Note',
       accelerator: OSX ? 'Control + Backspace' : 'Control + Delete',