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Exporting to Word, PDF or images

Everything in MindMax is Markdown underneath. Export turns a document into what other people open — a Word file, a PDF, or image cards — laid out the way you saw it on screen. Exporting runs on your computer and spends no credits.

Exporting a document​

Open the document, then File → Export As:

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Word Document…Whoever edits it nextPaper (A4 or Letter), margins, title in the header and page number in the footer, an automatic table of contents from headings 1–3
PDF…Whoever only reads itA fixed layout nobody can reflow — for submitting or archiving
Images…A social feedSeveral cards split at paragraph boundaries, or one long image; card size; a footer with the title and card number
The exported PDF beside the note it came from.

What comes across​

  • Headings, lists, tables and code with its highlighting.
  • Diagrams written as text arrive as pictures of themselves.
  • Equations become Word's own equation format — editable and selectable, not images. In the PDF they are typeset as text.
  • Citations become numbered superscripts linked to a list of sources, each with the quoted passage.
  • Images referenced from your folder are embedded, so the file has no broken links to your disk.

Bringing in an answer from ChatGPT or Claude​

  1. Use the copy button under the answer in the other assistant. It hands over Markdown.
  2. Paste it into any note. Equations written between \( \) and \[ \] are converted on the way in, so they show as equations.
  3. Fix what needs fixing — by hand, or by asking the AI here, with every change marked.
  4. File → Export As → Word Document…

Only the text comes across: images the other assistant generated are not in the copy, and the sources it searched arrive as ordinary links rather than checkable quotes.

Turning other things into documents first​

  • An answer in the assistant: Save as note under it. It goes into artifacts/notes/ unless you choose another folder.
  • A canvas branch: ⋯ → Convert to note (with branch).
  • Drafts and translations are written into the folder as documents to begin with.

Things to know​

  • Export is one direction. Edits made in the .docx do not come back. The Markdown in your folder is the original.
  • Only what you accepted goes out. AI changes still waiting for review are not in the export, and the Word file carries no tracked-change marks. Accept or reject them first.
  • It is not a typesetting system. Pagination and fine layout are what Word or the print engine decides.
  • Wide tables are still wide. Whether many columns fit is a question of paper size.

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