How to use Presentation Mode
This article will show you how to use the Play feature in Canvas that turns any series of Frames into a full-screen presentation on your desktop and to share out to your collaborators.
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This article will show you how to use the Play feature in Canvas that turns any series of Frames into a full-screen presentation on your desktop and to share out to your collaborators.
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Presentations access all the information that is organized into Frames on your Canvas. The Play feature allows you to create shareable private or public link to share with your team, client, or vendor. Creating a presentation inside your Canvas is a way helpful way to show a more curated and polished look of your work, leaving out the sometimes messy sandlots that live inside your infinite Canvas 😬.
Open a Canvas in your Canoa account.
Use Frames (F key) to create "slides" that bound the content you want to present together.
In the top right, click Play.
Here in the Presentation side panel, click the checkboxes of the Frames you'd like to include in, or hide from, your presentation.
Arrange the order of your Frames by dragging and dropping the three-dashed lines up and down.
Click the download icon to export your presentation to PDF, JPEG, PNG, DWG, or DXF if necessary.
Click the Play button to launch your presentation in a new browser window.
Use the arrows on your keyboard or at the bottom of the presentation to change slides.
A best practice is renaming your Frames so they are more recognizable in the Presentation side panel. Read our Working with Frames article to learn all about the functionality of Frames in Canvas.
Open up a Canvas, and in the top right corner, click Play.
Here in the Presentation side panel, click the checkboxes of the Frames you'd like to include in, or hide from, your presentation.
Arrange the order of your Frames by dragging and dropping the three-dashed lines up and down.
Click Create to create a view-only public presentation - meaning, whoever you share this link to will not be able to edit your presentation in any way.
Click Copy Link.
Send the link to your friends, family, clients, and team to share your presentation with them.
At anytime, you can make your presentation private again by simply clicking on the trash can icon in the Presentation window.
We have plenty of guides, use cases, and Templates that you can use to create a beautiful Canvas worthy of a presentation for clients, teams, and friends. Look no further than ⤵️
How to create a furniture & accessories presentationBegin with a TemplateWhile you can always export Frames to various file types, you can also do so quickly from the Presentation side panel. Here, click the download icon to export your presentation to PDF, JPEG, PNG, DWG, or DXF. Check your downloads folder when the export is complete! Your file will be named the same as the name of your Canvas.
