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

# Export and share

> Share a marked-up PDF that opens anywhere, or a Lectra Document that keeps your handwriting editable. Print, export pages, and export several documents at once.

Your documents are yours to take anywhere. You can share a PDF with your markup on the pages, which opens in any app, or a Lectra Document, which also reopens in Lectra with your handwriting still editable. You can also print, share selected pages, or export several documents at once.

## Share a document

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the document">
    In your library, tap the document to open it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Tap Share">
    In the top bar, tap **Share**. You can also tap the document's title, then tap **Share…**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose a format">
    In **Share**, choose **PDF** or **Lectra Document**. Each option shows the size of the file it makes.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Share it">
    Tap **Share**. When the file is ready, the iPadOS share sheet opens. Choose where to send it, such as Mail, Messages, AirDrop, or **Save to Files**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

The file is named after the document's title.

### Choose a format

| Format | What you get | Use it when |
| - | - | - |
| **PDF** | "Flat pages, exactly as they look. Anyone can open it." Your handwriting, highlights, text boxes, and images are part of the pages. | You're turning in work or sending it to someone who doesn't use Lectra. |
| **Lectra Document** | "Opens as a PDF for anyone — and reopens in Lectra with your handwriting still editable, images movable, and notes intact." | You want to keep working on the document on another iPad, or keep a full copy. |

Both formats are `.pdf` files. A **Lectra Document** is a regular PDF with a complete, editable copy of your document inside it. When you open it in Lectra, you get the editable version. To learn how, see [Open a Lectra document](/lectra/import#open-a-lectra-document).

## What's in a shared PDF

A PDF you share from Lectra keeps everything readable and searchable:

* The original PDF's text stays real text that you can select and copy.
* Typed text boxes are real text too.
* Your handwriting and scanned pages carry an invisible layer of recognized text, so other apps can search them. Words Lectra isn't confident about are left out of this layer.
* Images you added are included.

<Note>
  Lectra reads your handwriting after a save. If you share right after writing, the newest handwriting may not be searchable in that PDF yet. Your ink always appears on the page.
</Note>

A shared document never includes lecture recordings, your version history, or anything from Apple Intelligence.

## Share the original PDF

To share the file as it was when you imported it, without your markup, tap the document's title, then tap **Share Original PDF**.

## Share some of the pages

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the pages panel">
    In the editor, tap **Pages** (or **Page Overview** on a narrower screen).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select pages">
    Tap the checkmark (**Select pages**), then tap each page you want. The header shows how many you selected.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Export them">
    Tap **Export**. The button shows the count, such as **Export 3**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

You get a PDF of only those pages, with your markup, named with the page numbers, for example "Lab Report — Pages 4-6".

## Print

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the print options">
    In the editor, tap the document's title, then tap **Print**. You can also tap **More actions** > **Print**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Print">
    Choose a printer and options in the iPadOS print panel, then tap **Print**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Lectra prints the pages with your markup on them.

## Export several documents at once

<Steps>
  <Step title="Start selecting">
    In the library, tap **Select**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose documents">
    Tap the documents you want. If you select a folder, every document inside it is included.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Export them">
    Tap **Export**, then choose where to send the files.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Each document is exported as a PDF with your markup on its pages. A document you never marked up is exported as its original file.

<Warning>
  The **Export** item in a document's **…** menu, and **Export** in a folder's options, share the files as you imported them, without your markup. To share your marked-up pages, use **Share** in the editor, or select the documents and tap **Export** as shown in the previous steps.
</Warning>

## Send to Scope or to another device

To send a document to the Scope extension on your computer, or to Lectra on your Mac or another iPad, tap the document's title, then tap **Export to Scope**. To learn more, see [Send files between devices](/lectra/send-between-devices).

## Export with Shortcuts

The Shortcuts app has an **Export Lectra Document** action. You can also ask Siri, "Export a document from Lectra". The action makes a `.lectra` file, which you can open in Lectra on another iPad.

## Export documents that were set aside

If you signed in with a different account on this iPad, documents from the earlier account may be set aside. To save them, go to **Settings** > **Cloud & Backup** and tap **Export** on the **Set aside** card. To learn more, see [Backups](/lectra/backups#switch-accounts-on-one-ipad).

## Troubleshooting

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="Export failed. Try again.">
    Wait for the document to finish saving, then try again. If your iPad is almost out of space, free up some space first.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="The exported PDF is missing my markup">
    You probably used **Export** from the library's **…** menu, which shares the original file. Open the document and use **Share** instead.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Open this file once, then export it.">
    The document isn't on this iPad yet. Open it once so it downloads, then export it.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Those pages couldn't be exported.">
    Try exporting fewer pages at a time, or share the whole document and remove pages in another app.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>


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