Export the canvas, a board, or a selection as PNG or PDF
Right-click an empty area of the canvas and choose Export canvas, then PNG or PDF; select a board or items first to export just those.
Export as an image or PDF
You can save the whole canvas, a board, or selected items as a PNG image or a PDF file. The file downloads to your computer. You need Can edit access (or be the room owner). People with Can review or Can view access do not see these options.
Export the whole canvas
- Make sure nothing is selected, then right-click an empty area of the canvas.
- Choose Export canvas, then PNG or PDF.
The file is named "pactto-canvas-" followed by the date and time.
Export a selection
Select what you want, right-click it, and choose the export option. What it is called depends on what you selected:
| Selected | Menu item | Formats |
|---|---|---|
| One board | Export board | PNG, PDF |
| Several boards | Export boards | PDF (one page per board) or PNG (a ZIP with one image per board) |
| One image | Export | PNG, PDF |
| One video | Export current frame | PNG, JPG |
| One PDF | Export current page | PNG |
| One table | Export visible view | PNG, PDF |
| Anything else, or a mix | Export selection | PNG, PDF |
A single exported item is named after it, for example the board name or "(video name)-frame.png".
Export a board as a multi-page PDF of its contents
To turn a board into a PDF with one page per item, select the board, right-click, and choose Merge board into PDF. See Work with PDFs.
What is included
- Included: images, videos (the frame on screen), PDFs (the page on screen), tables, Pactto docs, sticky notes, text, shapes, and drawings.
- Not included: comments, screen shares, and older website items.
- If a file cannot be loaded at export time, Pactto leaves it out and exports the rest.
If something goes wrong
- "Nothing to export.": there is nothing on the canvas, or in the selection, that can be exported.
- "Couldn't export. Try again." or "Couldn't export this item.": the export failed. Try again, or export fewer items.
Good to know
- A PDF export is a picture of the canvas, so its text cannot be selected or searched.
- Very large canvases are scaled down so the longest side stays within 8192 pixels.
- To download the original files instead of a picture, see Download files from the canvas.
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