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    Import your whiteboards into Freehand
    • 20 Feb 2023
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    Import your whiteboards into Freehand

    • Updated on 20 Feb 2023
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    You can import your boards from Miro or Mural into Freehand and continue working on them, making the transition to Freehand painless.

    You first need to export your boards as PDF files, and then import these files into Freehand.

    Export your Miro board as a PDF file

    You must import your Miro board as PDF in best (vector) quality.

    Read Miro’s documentation to learn how to export a Miro board as a PDF. Make sure you export the board as PDF in best quality.

    Export your Mural as a PDF file

    Read Mural documentation to learn how to export your mural as a PDF. You can select “All Content”, “Selection”, or “Outline”.

    Import a board into Freehand

    Once you’ve exported your Miro or Mural board as a PDF file, you can import it into Freehand.

    1. Sign in to your InVision account.
    2. At the top right, select + Create > Import... If you’re in a space, you’ll need to click + in the left sidebar, to the right of Documents and then select Import….
    3. Select Browse files.
    4. Select the PDF file you want to import, and then select Open.
    5. Review the selected files. You can add more files by selecting +Add another. To remove files from your selection hover over the file and select  (delete).
    6. Select Create.

    Depending on the size of the Miro or Mural board, the import may take some time. When it's finished, you receive an email letting you know the import was successful.

    To locate the new freehand in your Documents page, you may need to sort your documents by “Date created”.

    How elements in Miro and Mural boards are imported into Freehand

    Elements in your Miro and Mural boards will be converted to different Freehand objects when importing it. See the elements that can’t be imported later in this article.

    You can see how elements in Miro boards are converted to Freehand objects in the following table:

    Miro objectFreehand object
    Sticky noteShape with shadow and text (multiple text lines broken up into separate text objects)
    ShapeShape
    Line and pen drawingLine
    TextText (multiple lines broken up into separate text objects)
    ImageImage
    Connection lineLine with shapes for endpoints
    FrameShape: plain white rectangle with no border
    ChartGroup of shapes
    TableLines and text (multiple text lines broken up into separate text objects)
    Kanban boards and cardsShapes and text (multiple text lines broken up into separate text objects)
    Wireframe objectShapes and text
    Embedded mediaImage(s) or text (multiple text lines broken up into separate text objects)

    *Embedded objects may have a shape over the file. To fix this, click on the shape and delete it to view the embedded object.

    Mind mapShapes, lines, and text (multiple text lines broken up into separate text objects)
    Third-party tools and widgetsImage
    HyperlinksText without hyperlinks
    EmojisImage
    StickersShapes, images, and lines
    Code blocksShapes and text

    You can see how elements in Mural are converted to Freehand objects in the following table:

    Mural objectFreehand object
    Sticky noteShape with shadow and text (multiple text lines broken up into separate text objects)
    ShapeShape
    TextText (multiple lines broken up into separate text objects)
    DrawingLine
    ImageImage
    ConnectorsLine with shapes for endpoints
    FrameworksShape: plain white rectangle with no border
    TableLines and text (multiple text lines broken up into separate text objects)
    IconsShapes


    Unsupported content

    • Comments, chats, or notes can’t be imported from Miro or Mural boards into Freehand. As a workaround, you can take screenshots of any comments, chats, or notes in your board or copy and paste the content into Freehand.
    • Integration cards (for example, Asana or Jira cards) are imported as sets of shapes and text. These cards aren’t imported as cards into Freehand even if you have the same integration configured in Freehand.
    • Dotted and dashed connectors can’t be imported from Mural.
    • Shape borders aren’t imported from Mural. Only the shape is imported.
    • Very small items. If the board you’re importing includes very small items, you may not be able to zoom to 100% on them. As a workaround, select all the imported objects and make them larger.
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