# Diagrams in PDF and Word exports

Page exports are how diagrams reach people who will never open Confluence. It is worth knowing what survives.

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## What survives

![A page of an exported PDF titled Export Testing containing a Mermaid user journey chart of a working day and a PlantUML use case diagram with a user, a main admin and three yellow notes.](https://help.gocapable.com/images/034b3345-4a1e-47db-baf8-786e9a8c286c.webp)

Both diagrams come through the PDF at full size with their labels, notes and colours intact.

| **Export**          | **Diagrams**                                                                                                                                                                      | **Notes**                                      |
| ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| **Confluence PDF**  | Rendered as images                                                                                                                                                                | Uses the stored rendering, so it works offline |
| **Confluence Word** | Rendered as images                                                                                                                                                                | Same rendering, embedded in the document       |
| **Capable Sites**   | Rendered properly, and links still work. See [Integrations](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/integrations.html). | The best option for documentation you publish  |

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**Clickable areas do not survive PDF and Word.** A diagram whose shapes link to pages exports as a flat picture. If the links matter, publish to a site instead.

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## A few things that catch people out

* A diagram edited seconds before export may export its previous rendering.
* Very wide diagrams are scaled to the page and can become unreadable; consider splitting them.
* Dark mode is never applied to exports.

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## Related

[Export a diagramSingle diagrams.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/export.html)

[IntegrationsPublishing to a site.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/integrations.html)

[Clickable diagramsWhat is lost in a flat export.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/clickable-diagrams.html)

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_It still works for people without Confluence._