Looking for the version for new themes?
See Guidelines export: PDF and print in the new themes experience.
The Guidelines export feature in legacy themes (excluding the cover page) allows you to print your guidelines or save them as a PDF. Exporting and printing follow the same process and are handled through the print functionality.
This article applies to legacy themes only. This feature is not available for customers using new themes.
Why use Guidelines export?
Guidelines often need to be shared, archived, or documented outside the platform. With Guidelines export in legacy themes, you can create printable or downloadable versions of your content.
Use it to:
Export guideline documents as PDFs
Print guidelines for offline use
Share documentation with stakeholders
Support basic archiving workflows
What makes it useful?
Document-level export: Export individual guideline documents with all their pages into a single PDF or printout.
Simple workflow: Use the same flow to either print your guidelines or save them as a PDF.
Common use cases
Share guideline documents with internal or external stakeholders
Print documents for workshops or offline review
Create documentation records
How it works
You can export or print your guidelines using the following steps:
Click Share
Open the Print and PDF tab
Click Print
Frontify prepares your guideline for printing. A dialog will open where you can choose to print or save as a PDF.
To print
Select your printer and print as you would any document
Enable Background graphics in the print dialog to include colors and backgrounds
To save as a PDF
Select Save as PDF instead of choosing a printer
Important notes
This feature is only available for guideline pages, not cover pages
Exporting is only available at the document level
You cannot export all documents in a guideline at once
Using CMD + P (Mac) or CTRL + P (Windows) will only print the currently visible page
Tips
Export documents individually when you need to share or archive specific sections
For full guideline exports, use the new themes experience where exporting all documents at once is supported