Click Share, choose HTML file, and Download to save the whole document as one file that opens in any browser. Where: Publisher Studio › top bar › Share › HTML file · Plan: Included in Pro
What it is
The HTML file is the same document a shared link gives you, built into a single file and saved to your computer instead of published. You send it however you like: email, a shared drive, your own website. It opens in any browser, with the graph, every page, the footer links and your page style, and nothing about it depends on our server.
How to use it
- In the Publisher, click Share at the top right.
- Choose HTML file. The window reads "One file that opens in any browser, ready to send."
- Pick what goes in with the switches below, if they show.
- Click Download and choose where to save it. The file is named after the project, with "(Open in Browser)" on the end.
The two switches:
- Reduce file size: on by default. It leaves out the decoration, the graph's background image (so the graph sits on a dark background) and the page covers, while the pictures on your pages always stay. Switch it off to keep the decoration. It shows only when the project has a background image or a cover to leave out.
- Attached files: off by default. Switch it on and the files attached to your nodes go inside the document, where they "open in the recipient's own apps". It shows only when something is attached.
Tips
- On the free plan the window says "Downloads are part of Pro. Building and formatting stay free." and Download shows what Pro adds. Everything else about the document stays free to build.
- A very large file asks before saving, since big files can be slow to open. A shared link is the lighter way to send a document full of pictures.
- A video file can't travel inside the file and arrives as a placeholder, and you're told before it saves. A video from a link still plays (see Inserting Media).
- While the project has a live shared link, the top bar shows the Link badge instead of Share, so remove the link to reach the download.
- Whoever opens the file can present it, with N, M, comma and full stop for Flow, Breathe and speed (see What Recipients See).
How this helps you
Use it when a deliverable needs to outlive the link: a file has no expiry, no address and nothing to revoke. It suits a client who'd rather keep a file than follow a link, an archive copy of the document as it stood on the day you sent it, or a page you'd like to host yourself.
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