Export to PDF, Word, and Markdown

Export documents and collections to PDF, Word, Markdown, CSV, and other formats.

Export documents to PDF, Word, Markdown, and other formats on macOS, iOS, Web, and Windows. The available formats depend on the platform.

How to export a document

1. Open the document you want to export.

2. Click the Share button in the top-right corner.

3. Select Export As.

4. Choose a format.

Available export formats

macOS

• PDF (.pdf) – A formatted, print-ready file.
• Microsoft Word (.docx) – A Word file you can keep editing.
• Image (.png/.jpeg) – The document as an image file.
• Markdown (.md) – Plain text that keeps structure and basic formatting.
• TextBundle (.textbundle) – Markdown together with its images and attachments.
• Email – Sends the document by email.

iOS

• PDF (.pdf) – A formatted, print-ready file.
• Microsoft Word (.docx) – A Word file you can keep editing.
• Image (.png/.jpeg) – The document as an image file.
• Markdown (.md) – Plain text that keeps structure and basic formatting.
• TextBundle (.textbundle) – Markdown together with its images and attachments.
• Email – Sends the document by email.

Windows

• PDF (.pdf) – A formatted, print-ready file.
• Image (.png/.jpeg) – The document as an image file.
• Markdown (.md) – Plain text that keeps structure and basic formatting.
• TextBundle (.textbundle) – Markdown together with its images and attachments.

Web

• PDF (.pdf) – A formatted, print-ready file.
• Microsoft Word (.docx) – A Word file you can keep editing.
• Image (.png/.jpeg) – The document as an image file.
• Markdown (.md) – Plain text that keeps structure and basic formatting.
• TextBundle (.textbundle) – Markdown together with its images and attachments.

PDF export options

PDF export opens a sheet with options for paper size, font size, and what to include. The options and their defaults differ by platform.

macOS / iOS

Option	Type	Default
Paper Size	Dropdown (A4, Letter, …)	A4
Font Size	Dropdown (Regular, …)	Regular
Show Document Title	Toggle	On
Show Page Numbers	Toggle	Off
Show Watermark	Toggle	On
Show Tags	Toggle	On
New Page for Each Subpage	Toggle	Off
Use Style	Toggle	On
Dark Mode	Toggle	Off

Craft remembers the settings from your last export.

New Page for Each Subpage starts every subpage on a new page of the PDF. The toggle only appears when the document has subpages.

Select Export to finish. On iPhone, tap Export Options… to change these settings, then tap the share icon.

Web / Windows

Option	Type	Default
Page Size	Dropdown (A4, Letter, …)	A4
Font Size	Dropdown (Regular, …)	Regular
Show Document Title	Toggle	On
Show Page Numbers	Toggle	Off
Show Watermark	Toggle	On
Use Style	Toggle	On
Dark Mode	Toggle	Off

Click Export to PDF to download the file.

The sidebar Table of Contents is a navigation view. It is not included in PDF exports, and there is no Table of Contents block to insert into a document. See Table of Contents.

To export or copy tables made in Craft to Excel:

1. Export the document or page from Craft to Word.
2. Copy the table in Word and paste it into Excel.

Tables copied from Excel paste into Craft directly.

Export collections as Markdown

On Mac, iPhone, and iPad, Markdown exports can include the properties of collection items as frontmatter, and you can export every item in a collection as a separate Markdown file.

Include properties as frontmatter

When you export a single collection item, or a document that contains a collection, as Markdown, the export options include a Properties as Frontmatter toggle. It is on by default.

With the toggle on, each item’s properties are added as YAML frontmatter:

• For a single item, the frontmatter is at the top of the file.
• For a document that contains a collection, the frontmatter appears under each item’s title.

---
Status: In Progress
Assignee: Alice
Priority: High
---

Empty properties are skipped. Multi-select, relation, and person properties are written as lists. Media properties are not included.

Export a whole collection

1. Open the collection menu with the settings button (sliders icon) at the top of the collection.

2. Select Export, then Export Items as Markdown.

3. Choose where to save the files. On iPhone and iPad, the share sheet opens.

The export contains:

• One Markdown file per item, named after the item’s title, with the item’s properties as frontmatter.
• index.md, a table of the whole collection with a Title column and one column per property.
• An .assets folder for each item that contains images, videos, files, or drawings.

To get the collection as a single spreadsheet file instead, select Export as CSV in the same submenu.

On Web and Windows, Markdown export of collection items and the Properties as Frontmatter option are not available. To export a collection, use Download as CSV in the collection menu.

Exporting multiple documents at once

Bulk export is available on Mac and iPad in these formats:

• Markdown (.md)
• TextBundle (.textbundle)
• PDF (.pdf)

1. Navigate to a folder that contains the documents you want to export.

2. Select multiple documents by tapping and holding (iPad) or using Shift + Click (Mac).

3. Tap the three-dot menu (⋯) in the top-right corner.

4. Select Export As, then choose a format.

Export daily notes

On Mac, iPhone, and iPad you can export your daily notes as Markdown files. Export all of them at once, or pick a date range. You can start the export from two places:

From All Docs

1. Open All Docs from the sidebar.

2. Tap the three-dot menu (⋯) in the top-right corner.

3. Select Export As, then Export Daily Notes.

4. Choose All, or Select Dates… to export a date range.

From the Calendar

1. Open the Calendar view from the sidebar.

2. Tap the three-dot menu (⋯) in the top-right corner.

3. Select Export Daily Notes.

4. Choose All, or Select Dates… to export a date range.

If you choose Select Dates…, set the start and end date, then select Export. The range starts at the first day of the current month by default.

Days without a daily note are skipped.

Sharing vs. exporting

• To collaborate on a document, use Share Links instead of exporting. Others can then view or edit it in Craft.
• To publish a document on the web, use Public Links.