diff --git a/Frameworks/document/src/OakDocument.h b/Frameworks/document/src/OakDocument.h
index 0f64ff00..ca6e2eb5 100644
--- a/Frameworks/document/src/OakDocument.h
+++ b/Frameworks/document/src/OakDocument.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ typedef NS_ENUM(NSInteger, OakDocumentIOResult) {
 PUBLIC @interface OakDocument : NSObject
 + (instancetype)documentWithPath:(NSString*)aPath;
 + (instancetype)documentWithData:(NSData*)someData fileType:(NSString*)aFileType customName:(NSString*)aName;
++ (instancetype)documentWithString:(NSString*)content fileType:(NSString*)aFileType customName:(NSString*)aName;
 + (instancetype)documentWithIdentifier:(NSUUID*)anIdentifier;
 
 @property (nonatomic) NSUUID* identifier;
diff --git a/Frameworks/document/src/OakDocument.mm b/Frameworks/document/src/OakDocument.mm
index 5a83a960..20fd814d 100644
--- a/Frameworks/document/src/OakDocument.mm
+++ b/Frameworks/document/src/OakDocument.mm
@@ -390,6 +390,11 @@ private:
 	return [[OakDocument alloc] initWithData:someData fileType:aFileType customName:aName];
 }
 
++ (instancetype)documentWithString:(NSString*)content fileType:(NSString*)aFileType customName:(NSString*)aName
+{
+	return [[OakDocument alloc] initWithData:[content dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding] fileType:aFileType customName:aName];
+}
+
 + (instancetype)documentWithIdentifier:(NSUUID*)anIdentifier
 {
 	return [[OakDocument alloc] initWithIdentifier:anIdentifier];