Save, export, and actions

#Export KEd file

The header Export KEd file icon downloads the current book as {title}.ked.json. That file is the book: data, book_settings, and pages HTML. Cover title, subtitle, and author are synced into the package on export.

Export works in the browser on a computer. On a phone, the File sheet exposes Export KEd file in the desktop app — the hosted web build expects you to export from a computer so the download can finish. See Phone and tablet.

The library also auto-saves drafts in this browser. The KEd file is the copy you can move. Format details are in the .ked.json reference.

#Export

After the format tools, header icons (with tooltips) run export. Buttons disable while a job is running.

• Export PDF — hosted web opens the system print dialog (Save as PDF). Local development and the desktop app write a file. Export uses the pages currently on the canvas — finish typing first.
• Export cover PNG — only shown when the cover page is selected. Hosted web can rasterize in the tab; desktop writes a file.

The three runtimes (hosted web, local web, desktop) are compared on Export & desktop.

#Import

The Books dropdown → Import book (and File on a phone) accepts:

• .ked.json — a full book.
• Legacy .json packages (type / data).
• .ked-cover.json — cover settings only, applied to the book you already have open.

A book import replaces the current book if it is still a pristine blank, or if you are completing a handoff. Otherwise it adds a library entry. Cover files never create a second book. Rules are in the Books library guide.

#Sample

Shown in the phone File sheet when no package is loaded. Loads a teaching numbers book (Kifuliiru, English, French, Kiswahili) so you can see a finished multilingual layout, cards, and a composed cover. After a sample is in the library, the Sample item hides until you are on a book with no package again.

#Theme

The header theme toggle is for the studio chrome (light / dark), not the book Look. It persists in this browser. Default is dark.

#Data inspector

File → Data inspector on a phone shows the package fields behind the canvas — book_type, columns, rows, template hints. It is the incoming data, not always the full last-saved payload with every page HTML node. Use it when a generator file looks wrong, or to check that rows arrived before you rely on rebuilt pages.