diff --git a/YKanBan.Tests/Export/MarkdownExporterTests.cs b/YKanBan.Tests/Export/MarkdownExporterTests.cs
index 6c98aa7..03a695e 100644
--- a/YKanBan.Tests/Export/MarkdownExporterTests.cs
+++ b/YKanBan.Tests/Export/MarkdownExporterTests.cs
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ public class MarkdownExporterTests {
     /// <param name="culture">The UI culture.</param>
     /// <returns>The expected Markdown document.</returns>
     private static string BuildExpected(CultureInfo culture) {
-        string created = Local(2026, 9, 1, 10, 0).ToString(Resources.Export_CardTimePattern, culture);
-        string updated = Local(2026, 9, 28, 18, 30).ToString(Resources.Export_CardTimePattern, culture);
+        string created = Local(2026, 9, 1, 10, 0).ToString(Resources.Export_TimePattern, culture);
+        string updated = Local(2026, 9, 28, 18, 30).ToString(Resources.Export_TimePattern, culture);
 
         var builder = new StringBuilder();
 
@@ -181,7 +181,64 @@ public class MarkdownExporterTests {
                 [(tag, 0L)],
                 ExportedAt);
 
-            StringAssert.Contains(markdown, "| a\\|b | #112233 | first second | 0 |");
+            StringAssert.Contains(markdown, "| a\\|b | #112233 | first<br>second | 0 |");
+        } finally {
+            Resources.Culture = original;
+        }
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void TagTableCellsEscapeBackslashes() {
+        CultureInfo? original = Resources.Culture;
+        try {
+            Resources.Culture = new CultureInfo("en");
+            var tag = new TagModel(1, "a\\b", RgbColor.Parse("#112233"), "c\\|d");
+            string markdown = MarkdownExporter.Export(
+                "W",
+                [new ColumnModel(1, "C", string.Empty, 1, 1)],
+                [],
+                [(tag, 0L)],
+                ExportedAt);
+
+            StringAssert.Contains(markdown, "| a\\\\b | #112233 | c\\\\\\|d | 0 |");
+        } finally {
+            Resources.Culture = original;
+        }
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void TagNameWithBacktickUsesLongerFence() {
+        CultureInfo? original = Resources.Culture;
+        try {
+            Resources.Culture = new CultureInfo("en");
+            var tag = new TagModel(1, "a`b", RgbColor.Parse("#112233"), string.Empty);
+            string markdown = MarkdownExporter.Export(
+                "W",
+                [new ColumnModel(1, "C", string.Empty, 1, 1)],
+                [new CardModel(1, 1, "T", string.Empty, 1, 1, [tag])],
+                [(tag, 1L)],
+                ExportedAt);
+
+            StringAssert.Contains(markdown, "``a`b``");
+        } finally {
+            Resources.Culture = original;
+        }
+    }
+
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void FileNameDropsInvalidCharactersAndFallsBackToAppName() {
+        CultureInfo? original = Resources.Culture;
+        try {
+            Resources.Culture = new CultureInfo("en");
+
+            // A drive root workspace name "D:\" must not leak ':' or '\' into the file name.
+            string name = MarkdownExporter.BuildFileName("D:\\", ExportedAt);
+            Assert.IsFalse(name.Contains(':'));
+            Assert.IsFalse(name.Contains('\\'));
+
+            // A name made only of invalid characters falls back to the application name.
+            string fallback = MarkdownExporter.BuildFileName("///", ExportedAt);
+            StringAssert.StartsWith(fallback, Resources.App_Name);
         } finally {
             Resources.Culture = original;
         }
diff --git a/YKanBan/Assets/Locales/Resources.resx b/YKanBan/Assets/Locales/Resources.resx
index c2c72d5..71f9f26 100644
--- a/YKanBan/Assets/Locales/Resources.resx
+++ b/YKanBan/Assets/Locales/Resources.resx
@@ -415,9 +415,6 @@
   <data name="Export_TimePattern" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss</value>
   </data>
-  <data name="Export_CardTimePattern" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm</value>
-  </data>
   <data name="Export_WorkspaceHeading" xml:space="preserve">
     <value># {0}</value>
   </data>
diff --git a/YKanBan/Assets/Locales/Resources.zh-Hans.resx b/YKanBan/Assets/Locales/Resources.zh-Hans.resx
index aeee3f3..55924e0 100644
--- a/YKanBan/Assets/Locales/Resources.zh-Hans.resx
+++ b/YKanBan/Assets/Locales/Resources.zh-Hans.resx
@@ -415,9 +415,6 @@
   <data name="Export_TimePattern" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>yyyy年M月d日 HH:mm</value>
   </data>
-  <data name="Export_CardTimePattern" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>yyyy年M月d日 HH:mm</value>
-  </data>
   <data name="Export_WorkspaceHeading" xml:space="preserve">
     <value># {0}</value>
   </data>
diff --git a/YKanBan/Export/MarkdownExporter.cs b/YKanBan/Export/MarkdownExporter.cs
index 5576cb0..d2277b0 100644
--- a/YKanBan/Export/MarkdownExporter.cs
+++ b/YKanBan/Export/MarkdownExporter.cs
@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@ namespace YKanBan.Export;
 
 /// <summary>
 /// Generates the human-readable Markdown snapshot of a whole board. All
-/// template text and time formats come from the ResX resources in the current
-/// UI language; the export timestamp uses the per-language pattern, card
-/// timestamps use the shared minute-precision pattern. The output is meant for
-/// reading only — there is no re-import.
+/// template text and the one time format come from the ResX resources in the
+/// current UI language; every timestamp (export time and card created/modified
+/// times) uses that per-language pattern. The document uses the platform's
+/// newline. Card bodies and column descriptions are emitted verbatim; column and
+/// card titles are collapsed to one line; tag names become inline code with a
+/// long enough backtick fence; tag table cells escape '\' and '|' and turn line
+/// breaks into &lt;br&gt;. The output is meant for reading only — there is no
+/// re-import.
 /// </summary>
 public static class MarkdownExporter {
     /// <summary>
@@ -33,17 +37,19 @@ public static class MarkdownExporter {
         var builder = new StringBuilder();
 
         // Header: workspace name and the export timestamp in the UI language's format.
-        builder.AppendLine(string.Format(culture, Resources.Export_WorkspaceHeading, workspaceName));
+        builder.AppendLine(string.Format(culture, Resources.Export_WorkspaceHeading, SingleLine(workspaceName)));
         builder.AppendLine(string.Format(
             culture, Resources.Export_ExportedAtLine, exportedAt.ToString(Resources.Export_TimePattern, culture)));
         builder.AppendLine();
 
-        // Board body: every column in id order, empty ones included.
-        foreach (ColumnModel column in columns) {
-            IReadOnlyList<CardModel> cardsInColumn = cards.Where(card => card.ColumnId == column.Id).ToArray();
-            builder.AppendLine(string.Format(culture, Resources.Export_ColumnHeading, column.Title, cardsInColumn.Count));
+        // Board body: every column in id order, empty ones included; independent of
+        // the board's search filter and card sort option.
+        foreach (ColumnModel column in columns.OrderBy(column => column.Id)) {
+            IReadOnlyList<CardModel> cardsInColumn =
+                cards.Where(card => card.ColumnId == column.Id).OrderBy(card => card.Id).ToArray();
+            builder.AppendLine(string.Format(culture, Resources.Export_ColumnHeading, SingleLine(column.Title), cardsInColumn.Count));
             if (column.Description.Length > 0) {
-                builder.AppendLine(SingleLine(column.Description));
+                builder.AppendLine(column.Description);
             }
             builder.AppendLine();
 
@@ -58,16 +64,32 @@ public static class MarkdownExporter {
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Builds the default export file name in the UI language, for example
-    /// "MyRepo-export-20260930-142537.md".
+    /// "MyRepo-export-20260930-142537.md". Characters that are not allowed in a
+    /// file name on any supported platform are dropped from the workspace name
+    /// (a workspace at a drive root is named "D:\"); a name left empty falls
+    /// back to the application name.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="workspaceName">Workspace display name.</param>
     /// <param name="exportedAt">Export moment.</param>
     /// <returns>The file name.</returns>
     public static string BuildFileName(string workspaceName, DateTimeOffset exportedAt) {
         CultureInfo culture = Resources.Culture ?? CultureInfo.CurrentUICulture;
-        return string.Format(culture, Resources.Export_FileNamePattern, workspaceName, exportedAt);
+        string safeName = new(workspaceName.Where(character => !IsInvalidFileNameCharacter(character)).ToArray());
+        if (safeName.Length == 0) {
+            safeName = Resources.App_Name;
+        }
+        return string.Format(culture, Resources.Export_FileNamePattern, safeName, exportedAt);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Tells whether a character is invalid in a file name on Windows, Linux or
+    /// macOS; the Windows set is the widest, so the result is the same on every platform.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="character">The character to test.</param>
+    /// <returns><see langword="true"/> when the character must not appear in a file name.</returns>
+    private static bool IsInvalidFileNameCharacter(char character) =>
+        character < ' ' || character is '<' or '>' or ':' or '"' or '/' or '\\' or '|' or '?' or '*';
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Appends one card block: heading, body, tags line and timestamps line.
     /// </summary>
@@ -85,12 +107,12 @@ public static class MarkdownExporter {
         }
 
         if (card.Tags.Count > 0) {
-            string names = string.Join(" ", card.Tags.Select(tag => $"`{tag.Name}`"));
+            string names = string.Join(" ", card.Tags.Select(tag => InlineCode(tag.Name)));
             builder.AppendLine(string.Format(culture, Resources.Export_TagsLine, names));
         }
 
-        string created = ToLocalTime(card.CreatedAt).ToString(Resources.Export_CardTimePattern, culture);
-        string updated = ToLocalTime(card.UpdatedAt).ToString(Resources.Export_CardTimePattern, culture);
+        string created = ToLocalTime(card.CreatedAt).ToString(Resources.Export_TimePattern, culture);
+        string updated = ToLocalTime(card.UpdatedAt).ToString(Resources.Export_TimePattern, culture);
         builder.AppendLine(string.Format(culture, Resources.Export_CreatedModifiedLine, created, updated));
         builder.AppendLine();
     }
@@ -115,11 +137,34 @@ public static class MarkdownExporter {
     }
 
     /// <summary>
-    /// Formats a table cell: single line with escaped pipe characters.
+    /// Formats a table cell: escaped backslashes and pipe characters, line breaks as &lt;br&gt;.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="text">The raw cell text.</param>
     /// <returns>The escaped single-line text.</returns>
-    private static string Cell(string text) => SingleLine(text).Replace("|", "\\|");
+    private static string Cell(string text) =>
+        // Backslashes first: the table splitter reads "\\" as an escaped backslash, so the
+        // '|' after a literal backslash would otherwise end the cell.
+        text.Replace("\\", "\\\\").Replace("|", "\\|").Replace("\r\n", "<br>").Replace("\r", "<br>").Replace("\n", "<br>");
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Renders text as an inline code span whose backtick fence is one longer than
+    /// the longest backtick run inside, padded with spaces when the text starts or
+    /// ends with a backtick.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="text">The raw text.</param>
+    /// <returns>The inline code span.</returns>
+    private static string InlineCode(string text) {
+        int longestRun = 0;
+        int run = 0;
+        foreach (char character in text) {
+            run = character == '`' ? run + 1 : 0;
+            longestRun = Math.Max(longestRun, run);
+        }
+
+        string fence = new('`', longestRun + 1);
+        string padding = text.StartsWith('`') || text.EndsWith('`') ? " " : string.Empty;
+        return fence + padding + text + padding + fence;
+    }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Collapses line breaks so the text stays on one Markdown line.