File Management
The File Management feature enables users to access and save documents. It also allows users to connect with cloud storage services to retrieve and store their files. To set File Management as the active tool, click the following icon on the main toolbar:
File Management overview
The following options are available:
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Create new file Generates a new blank canvas on a new tab. The new file is given the name untitled-{×}.olf and is inserted next to the current tab. |
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Open OLF Browse through your local or cloud drives to locate OLF files. Opens to the local drive by default. |
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Import files Opens the Import dialog to insert supported file types. For a list of supported file types, see the section below. |
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Save Saves the current state of the canvas. For new canvases, clicking Save will switch you to the Save as window. |
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Save as Saves the canvas as an OLF file under a new name in the current folder. Navigate to a different folder (or to your cloud drive) if you want to save in a different location. |
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Print Opens the print dialog box. Use the arrows to find the page you want to print. myViewBoard will only print objects that are visible inside the myViewBoard window at the current zoom level. |
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Export Saves the canvas as another format that is not an OLF. You can still import these files into myViewBoard but you will need to save them as OLF files to edit them again. |
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QR code share Takes a screenshot of the current screen, saves it as a PDF, and uploads it to your cloud drive. Afterwards, it generates a QR code based on the sharing URL provided by your cloud drive service. |
Supported file formats
The list below list various files types that can be imported into the canvas. During import, myViewBoard converts them into objects that you can further edit on the canvas. Note that large files may take some time to import.
Whiteboard formats
myViewBoard supports importing other interactive whiteboard formats:
| Platform | File Extension |
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| myViewBoard | .VBOARD and .OLF |
| Promethean | .FLP (Flipchart) |
| SMART | .NOTEBOOK |
| Evernote | .ENB |
| Other brands | .IWB |
Note the following behavior:
- You can use myViewBoard to edit files from other providers. However, you must save these files in the .OLF format to retain your edits.
- While .FLP files saved by older versions of Promethean are supported, myViewBoard may have issues importing .FLP files created from newer versions.
- You can try myViewBoard's File Conversion to OLF file service if the imported files are not converted properly.
Office formats
The following office document formats can be imported into the canvas:| Type | File Extension |
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| Documents | Google Doc, PDF, DOCX, TXT, ONE, URL |
| Presentations | Google Slides, PPTX (excluding PowerPoint mobile files) |
An error may occur when importing a Google Slide or Google Doc file if it exceeds the 10MB limit during conversion. To resolve this, download the Google Slide or Google Doc file as a PDF first, then import this PDF into myViewBoard instead.
Image & multimedia
The following multimedia formats are supported:
| Type | File Extension |
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| Images | PNG, JPG, JPEG, BMP, GIF, ICO, TIF, TIFF, SVG |
| Audio | MP3, AAC, WMA, WAV, M4A |
| Video | WMV, MP4, MPG, XESC, 3PG, MOV, MPEG, MKV, ASF, AVI, M4V |