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Export stories as PDF or Markdown

Save a printable PDF of your stories, a Story Markdown zip, or a Scripture Burrito.

Export PDF: a reading copy for reviewers, with or without pictures.
Story Markdown (.zip): the story files for other Open Bible Stories tools.
Scripture Burrito (.zip): the whole project. See Export a project as a Scripture Burrito.

Steps

Open a story and click Check, then Open → on Community Checking.
Optional: choose the layout and pictures. See Story preview and export.
Click Export (1), then pick a format (2).

Community Checking for a story with the Export menu open. Export is marked 1. The menu, marked 2, has Export PDF, Story Markdown (.zip) and Scripture Burrito (.zip).

Keep the suggested file name or type another, then save. The panel shows "Saved <file name>".

To cancel, close the save window. No file is made.

Good to know

Draft at least the title or one frame before you export a PDF.
To save a second PDF with another layout, change the layout, export again and give it a new name.
If you see "The app could not print the PDF with its pictures…", turn Pictures off and export again.
On Linux the save window opens in your Downloads folder. If you can't see its buttons, press Enter to save or Esc to cancel.