> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.guideless.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Export a PDF

> Download a guide as a PDF of numbered steps and screenshots.

Use PDF export when a guide has to be read rather than watched: a printed handout, an onboarding pack, an attachment for someone outside your workspace, or a copy to archive.

<Note>PDF export is available on the Pro plan.</Note>

## Export a guide

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Share" icon="share-2">
    Open the guide and click **Share**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose Export" icon="download">
    Open the **Export** tab.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Export the PDF" icon="circle-check">
    Click **Export** in the **Export to PDF** row. Keep the tab open while the PDF is built.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Download the file" icon="download">
    When the row changes to **Download**, click it to save the PDF to your downloads.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What the PDF contains

The PDF is the [step-by-step share link](/sharing/share-link) on paper: the guide title, the opening narration as a description, then every step numbered in order with its narration and its screenshot. Each step is drawn the same way the player draws it, so the background, framing, cursor, arrows, labels, numbers, highlights and blurs all look the way they do on screen.

Section slides other than the opening one are left out, the same as in the step-by-step view.

The step text is real text, so it can be selected, copied and searched in any PDF reader.

## PDF or MP4

| | PDF | [MP4](/sharing/export) |
| - | - | - |
| Shape | Numbered steps and screenshots | Narrated video |
| Built | In your browser, within seconds | On our renderers, as a queued job |
| Best for | Reading, printing, attaching | Watching, presenting, LMS upload |

If the guide has to live somewhere editable instead, export it as [Markdown](/sharing/export-markdown).

## Prefer links or embeds

Use a [share link](/sharing/share-link) or [embed](/sharing/embed) when you can. With links and embeds, edits stay live and [Insights](/analytics/overview) keep tracking.

<Tip>Re-export the PDF after changing the guide. Downloaded files do not update automatically.</Tip>


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