Canvas
Master the infinite canvas: place, select, link, annotate, layer, rotate, animate, lock and theme elements, undo changes, and start from templates.
31 guides in 5 sections
Basics8
The Canvas
The infinite canvas, the palette, and adding elements.
Selecting Many Elements
Marquee, multi-select, and the format painter.
Following Someone
Pin your pan, zoom and tab to a collaborator's until you move the canvas.
Templates
Start from a ready-made template instead of a blank canvas.
Links and Link Cards
Link elements across tabs or to URLs, and bookmark cards.
Undo
Step back your most recent change, with a keyboard shortcut and a button.
Redo
Re-apply a change you just undid.
Alignment & Snapping
Drag or resize to snap elements into line and match sizes; hold Cmd/Ctrl to place freely.
Modes and Boards6
Editor Modes
Diagram, Draw, Workshop, Pages and Plan: what each mode is for, choosing one on an empty tab, and Opens in.
Draw Mode
Freehand drawing on any tab: switch modes, then a dock of pens, a Path tool, erasers and shapes.
Plan Mode
Boards of items on any tab: Kanban, sprints, triage, retros and roadmaps, with cards you drag together.
Workshop Mode
Run a session on any tab: retros, town halls and workshops, with timers, votes, polls and reveals.
Pages Mode
Work on a tab as pages: sizes for print and social, layouts, colour and photo backgrounds, then export or present.
Event Storming Boards
A board built for the workshop: the notation, paper-like notes, one wall.
Text and Notes3
Styling Elements9
Themes
Restyle a whole tab, including multi-colour and custom themes.
Size
Type an exact width and height, lock the ratio, or reset a stretched shape.
Rotating Elements
Snap an element to a preset 45° angle from the right-click menu or search palette.
Animating Elements
Animate shapes, text, notes, drawings, media, tables, arrows, and icons.
Element Shadows
Lift an element with a drop shadow: five presets plus offset/blur sliders.
Choosing a Finish
Draw a tab or an element Flexible, Professional, hand-drawn Sketch or bold Marker.
Quick Style Panel
Restyle a selection in one click; the next shape of that kind remembers it.
Element Indicators
The small icons that show an element has a link, a note, an action or comments, and how to set them to Top, Footer or Off.
Colours, Borders and Opacity
Recolour text, background and border, style borders and corners, and fade elements.
Layers and Locking5
Layers
Split a tab into stacking layers you can hide, lock, rename, and restack.
Hiding, Locking, and Dimming Layers
Hide, lock, dim, or solo a whole layer, and preview one on hover.
Organising and Merging Layers
Rename, restack, merge, clear, and move elements between layers.
Layer Order and Opacity
Send elements to the front or back layer, and fade them with opacity.
Locking Elements
Protect an element from accidental moves, resizes, and deletion.