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# How to export or print your Canvas with Frames

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You've used Canvas to create visuals like collages and vignettes, lay out your floor plan, and even put together a furniture specification presentation and furniture schedule. But now what? How do you get what you've created in your infinite Canvas mood board into a presentation template that you're using or print it out? Use Frames to export or print anything on your Canvas to PDF, use with Google Slides, MS Powerpoint, Adobe InDesign, Figma and other presentation programs.

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<figure><img src="/files/956A2AAxuVOa84u6LlEg" alt=""><figcaption><p>Use your Frame textbox to name your frame</p></figcaption></figure>

## Using a Frame to Export:

* Click on your Frame and name your Frame.
* With the Frame selected, click on the **Export Selection icon.**

<figure><img src="/files/Mi7D53Fj1kSjmziak5H9" alt=""><figcaption><p>Open the right-click menu to export Frame</p></figcaption></figure>

* The Export window will pop-up. You'll have the option to select format and the image resolution size (the output image size will change accordingly).
  * **Size:** Relates to resolution. The higher the size selection, the larger the exported file will be.
  * **Format:** You can export anything in a Frame as a PDF, JPEG, PNG (with or without a transparent background), DWG, and DXF file.
* Click **Download.**

<figure><img src="/files/5GXLo1aewOZWiEgnf0VJ" alt="" width="375"><figcaption><p>Export Size options</p></figcaption></figure>

### Exporting multiple Frames together to one file:

Want to create a multi-page PDF? Select any number of Frames - in the order you want them to export in the file - and then follow the same exporting steps listed above. You will then have created a PDF (or any file type) with your Frames as pages in one file.&#x20;

### Exporting a PNG:

When you select PNG as your export format, you can choose for your exported Frame to have a transparent background or not. The default background will be white.

<figure><img src="/files/pqTDzXWOFzW2rJrMWOOy" alt="" width="294"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="/files/E06bqxx9txHon0a8NcH1" alt=""><figcaption><p>Left: Exported frame PNG with transparent background. Right: Exported frame PNG with default white background</p></figcaption></figure>

### Using your exported Frame:

If you export your Frame as a JPEG or PNG, then you can import, embed or attach into any presentation program (such as Google Slides, Microsoft Powerpoint, Adobe InDesign and Photoshop, Figma, etc.) as a typical image file. Export your Frame as a PDF to send as an attachment in emails to clients. It's so easy to create all sorts of marketing and sales materials thanks to the ease of exporting Frames out of Canvas and into your Downloads folder. Happy Designing!

## Printing your exported Frame:

When designing within your Canvas, you can create a Frame and set a ratio to match common paper or presentation formats. Please note, that the set ratio of your Frame is for design & layout purposes only. It doesn't correspond to the page/paper size of your exported frame.&#x20;

When printing, and to ensure your exported Frame fits your preferred page size, please remember to:

* Uncheck **Choose paper source by PDF page size**
* Select either **Fit** / Fit To Printable Area or **Shrink** / Shrink To Printable Area
* NOTE: Your Frame will not print to scale&#x20;

<figure><img src="/files/2unUF7F29uvzMOeNW6Nc" alt="" width="563"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

See below for more details on organizing your Canvas using Frames.

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