How it works is it takes the first paragraph (a line followed by return) of the document -- typically the title in my writing -- and uses this to name the text file (note some characters like ':' cannot be used in file names), and then saves the text file in your Documents folder. Here's the script: [robg adds: To use the script, save it to your user's Library » Scripts » Applications » TextEdit folder (in 10.5), and you can then access it from the Scripts menu within TextEdit. I tested it, and it works as described.]

