Export
Ilena exports the work you have open as a PDF, matching what's on screen.
Exporting a work
- Open the work you want to export.
- Choose Work → Export, or press Cmd/Ctrl+E.
- Your browser downloads a PDF built from the work's last saved version — changes you haven't saved yet aren't included, so save first if you want them in the file.
Why Export is greyed out
Export needs a work open. With nothing open, the whole Work menu — Close, Save, Export, History — stays disabled, shown above. Open or create a work from the workspace and the menu lights up:
What the PDF looks like
The PDF mirrors your on-screen typography, one line type at a time:
| Line type | Font in PDF | Size | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Helvetica | 27 pt | Matches the 36 px on-screen size. |
| Verse | Helvetica | 13.5 pt | Matches the 18 px on-screen size. |
| Indication | Courier, italic | 13.5 pt | Matches the 18 px on-screen size. |
| Legal | Helvetica, gray | 7.5 pt | Matches the 10 px on-screen size. |
Bold, italic, underline, and strikethrough formatting carry over. Line spacing is tuned per type — 1.4× on titles, 1.8× on verses and indications, 1.6× on legal lines.
Marking does not carry into the PDF. A mark is a temporary highlight for your current editing session only — it's never saved with the work, so it won't appear when you export, even if it's still visible on screen right now. See The editor for what marking is for.
Gutters (feet, emotion) and the status bar don't appear either — the export is a clean copy of your lyric sheet, not a screenshot of the editor.
The file you get
The downloaded file is named after the work, with any character that isn't safe in a filename replaced by an underscore, and the name cut off at 120 characters.
What can go wrong
If export fails, you'll see a Failed to export the work. Please try again. notice. Try again in a moment; if it keeps failing, reach out through Help → How to get support.
What's not exportable yet
Only PDF is available today, one work at a time — there's no format picker and no way to bundle several works into a single export.