Import documents, spreadsheets, and presentations

Open various types of existing document files in Explain Everything to use them as a reference, annotate and highlight them, or base your project on an existing slide presentation.

• You can immediately start a project by importing a document via New Project > Files.
• You can import all sorts of document file types: presentations, spreadsheets, and text files. Check out the full list of supported documents.
• You can import one document at a time.
• Move, rotate, and scale added documents with the  Hand Tool.
• With the  Hand Tool active, select the document twice to straighten it.
• You can annotate documents with the  Draw Tool or the  Highlighter. Annotations stick to the underlying documents by default.

Note Once added, documents, spreadsheet, and presentation files can't be edited directly and will not import with animations and transitions (e.g. you won't be able to resolve a suggestion made in an imported Google Doc).

Add a document to your project

1. While in the project, select  Add Media from the toolbar.
2. From the menu, select  File.
3. Select the location where your document is stored.
4. Select a document and select Import once it loads.
5. Select the pages you'd like to import. Use Select all and Deselect all for quick selection.
6. Choose the document layout. You can import a document to Separate slides or to a single slide in one of the following layouts: Grid, Stacked, Horizontal, or Vertical.
7. Toggle Lock pages to lock the inserted document in place so you don't accidentally move it with the  Hand Tool. You can unlock them later using the  Inspector.
8. Select Import when you're ready.

Tip You can send a document to Explain Everything using the iOS Share option in other apps. To do that, select the Share icon and from the list of apps select Copy to Explain Everything. If you don't see Explain Everything on the list but have it on your device, select More and make sure you have enabled Explain Everything in the menu. If it's still not there, this means the file type is not supported.

1. While in the project, select  Add Media from the toolbar.
2. From the menu, select  File.
3. Select the location where your document is stored.
4. Select a document and select Add once it loads.
5. Pages or slides of your document will be added as new slides to your current project. You can remove the ones you don't need in the Slide sorter.

Tip You can send a document to Explain Everything using the Open with... option in other apps. If Explain Everything is not on the list of available apps but you have it installed on your device, this means the file type is not supported.

1. While in the project, select  Add Media from the toolbar.
2. From the menu, select  File.
3. Select the location where your document is stored.
4. Select a document and select Import once it loads.
5. Select the pages you'd like to import by entering page numbers or ranges. Use Select all for quick selection.
6. Choose the document layout. You can import a document to Separate slides or to a single slide in one of the following layouts: Grid, Stacked, Horizontal, or Vertical.
7. Toggle Lock pages to lock inserted document in place so you don't accidentally move it with the  Hand Tool. You can unlock them later using the  Inspector.
8. Select Insert when you're ready.

Tip For a quick import, drag and drop the document to your project.