Exporting documents
Documents export as PDF, Markdown or HTML, and screenplays additionally as Final Draft .fdx and Fountain. Screenplay PDFs are real vector output in Courier with page breaks matching what you saw on screen. On a phone or tablet the export is a browser download you can send on with the device's share sheet.
Export is in the toolbar's ⋯ (on a phone, the header's ⋯). Someone with view access can export too.
Formats
| Format | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Sending to someone who should not edit it | |
| Markdown | Moving text into another tool, or into version control |
| HTML | Publishing, or pasting into a CMS |
Final Draft .fdx | Screenplays, into industry software |
Fountain .fountain | Screenplays, as plain text that opens anywhere |
The two screenplay formats appear only for documents in screenplay mode.
Real text, not a rendered image — selectable and searchable.
For screenplays it is vector output in Courier at correct industry metrics, and the page breaks match what you saw while writing, because pagination is computed the same way for both.
Markdown
Plain text with structure preserved: headings, lists and checklists (nested ones too), emphasis, tables, code blocks and links. Images are embedded in the file as data URIs, so it opens complete anywhere at the cost of size; an image linked from a site that refuses the download stays a link.
The right choice for moving writing into another tool without reformatting it by hand. A screenplay's Markdown keeps every line, one to a paragraph, with scene headings in bold; Fountain keeps the screenplay's own format.
An AI assistant you have connected reads a doc the same way, as Markdown page by page, with fetch, and writes one with write_doc and edit_doc_page. The Docs API does both for your own code.
HTML
Standalone HTML with inline styling and the images embedded the same way, for publishing or pasting into a CMS.
On a phone or tablet
Clusters runs in the mobile browser (and from the home screen as a web app), so an export arrives as a browser download; from there the device's own share sheet sends it to Files, Mail, or another app. There is no store app yet.
A director’s treatment, as a PDF
A treatment is mostly images held together by short sections, which is exactly what a multi-page document with inline images exports well: give each section its own page and the PDF breaks there. The director’s treatment guide walks the whole thing, from building the look on a board to the PDF you send.
Exporting the board instead
To export the whole cluster rather than one document — the canvas with its cards, arrows and drawings — see Exporting a board.
Frequently asked questions
Is the PDF selectable text or an image?
Real text. Screenplay PDFs are vector output in Courier, so the text is selectable and searchable.
Does Markdown export keep my images?
Yes. Each image is embedded in the file itself as a data URI, so the export opens complete with no account and no link back to Clusters, at the cost of a bigger file. An image linked from a site that refuses the download stays a link.
Why would I export Fountain instead of Final Draft?
Fountain is plain text — it opens anywhere, diffs cleanly in version control, and does not depend on any one application.
Machine-readable: /docs/documents/export.md · /llms.txt
What changed and when: /changelog