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Guidelines export: PDF and print

Export and print your brand guidelines in one click.

Updated today

This feature is available for all new themes (Classic, Muse, Paper, Custom)

The Guidelines export feature allows you to generate high-quality PDFs or print your brand guidelines directly from the new themes experience. This restores a key capability from the legacy experience, now improved to support faster and more scalable workflows.


Why use Guidelines export?

Your guidelines are more than just digital documents. They are critical for compliance, governance, and collaboration. With Guidelines export, you can turn them into shareable and auditable outputs without manual workarounds.

Use it to:

  • Export complete guidelines for compliance and auditing

  • Create shareable PDFs for internal and external stakeholders

  • Archive guideline versions over time

  • Reduce manual work and repetitive exporting


What makes it powerful?

  1. Full guideline export in one click: Export all documents within a guideline at once. No more manual, document-by-document work.

  2. Flexible export options: Print or export an entire guideline or a single document depending on your needs.

  3. Built for compliance and documentation:Generate reliable outputs for legal, auditing, and operational processes.


Common use cases

  • Export full guideline snapshots for compliance and legal records

  • Archive guideline versions for documentation and tracking

  • Share guidelines offline with stakeholders

  • Print individual documents for focused use


How it works

You can export or print your guidelines directly from the Share menu:

  1. Click Share

  2. Open the Print and PDF tab

  3. Choose one of the following:

    • Print all documents which exports every document in the guideline

    • Print this document which exports the current document with all its pages

  4. Select:

    • Save as PDF to export

    • Or choose a printer

In the print dialog, enable Background graphics to include colors and backgrounds.


Important notes

  • Exporting is only supported for document pages

  • Cover pages and library pages are not included

  • Using CMD + P (Mac) or CTRL + P (Windows) will only print the currently visible page


Tips

  • Use Print all documents for compliance, sharing, or archiving

  • Use Print this document for smaller, focused exports

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