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You can export any note from Bower in five formats. The original content and formatting are preserved as closely as each format allows. To export a step-by-step protocol, see Protocol menu and export.

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Export formats

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How to export

  1. Open the note you want to export.
  2. Open the note’s action menu.
  3. Select the export format you want.
  4. The file downloads with the note’s title as the filename.
For PDF, Bower opens your browser’s print dialog with the note pre-formatted for A4 pages. Use “Save as PDF” from the print dialog. For Word, Markdown, HTML, and plain text, the file downloads directly. Word export is generated in your browser.

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What’s included

  • Full note content with formatting (headings, lists, tables, bold/italic)
  • Images (embedded in HTML and PDF; referenced in Markdown)
  • Task list states (checked/unchecked)
  • Table cell and header shading, in Word export and import
  • A numbered list’s own starting number, in Word, Markdown and plain text
Printing a note (Cmd+P) and PDF export both produce the whole note, not just the part on screen, and always print in the light palette so a note written in dark mode is legible on paper. Banded table rows are a screen and share-link feature and do not carry into Word or PDF. Where Word cannot represent something, the export tells you rather than dropping it silently. Attachments are not included in the export — only the note’s text content. If you need the original source files, download them separately from the note’s attachment panel.