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When it’s time to get your rundown off-screen and into the hands of your crew, Fabl gives you three export formats to choose from: a formatted PDF for sharing digitally, an Excel spreadsheet for further editing or data processing, and a print-ready layout optimized for physical distribution on set. Every export reflects the rundown’s current state at the moment you generate it.
How to Export a Rundown
Open the rundown
Navigate to Rundowns in the sidebar and click the rundown you want to export.
Open the Export menu
Click the Export button in the top-right toolbar of the rundown editor. A panel will open with format options and customization settings.
Choose your fields
Before selecting a format, use the Include fields checklist to control which columns appear in your export. Available fields include:
- Segment number
- Segment title
- Segment type
- Duration
- Running start time
- Notes
- Cue points
- Linked shot list name
Toggle off any fields your audience doesn’t need. For example, you might exclude cue points for a stakeholder copy and include them only for the technical director’s copy. Select a format and export
Choose your desired format — PDF, Excel, or Print — and follow the format-specific steps below.
Export Formats
PDF export produces a polished, formatted document suitable for emailing to stakeholders, uploading to a shared drive, or displaying on a tablet on set.To export as PDF:
- In the Export panel, select PDF.
- Choose a page size — Letter (8.5×11”) or A4.
- Select an orientation — Portrait or Landscape. Landscape works better for rundowns with many columns; Portrait suits simpler rundowns.
- Toggle Include cover page on or off. The cover page displays the show name, date, target duration, and an export timestamp.
- Click Export as PDF. Fabl generates the file and downloads it to your browser automatically.
Portrait PDFs with fewer than six columns print cleanly on standard office printers. If your rundown has many columns, switch to Landscape or reduce the included fields before exporting.
Excel export produces an .xlsx file with one row per segment, making it easy to sort, filter, or integrate with other production tools and spreadsheets.To export as Excel:
- In the Export panel, select Excel.
- Choose whether to include a summary row at the top of the sheet (show name, date, target duration, and total running time).
- Toggle Freeze header row on if you want the column headers to remain visible when scrolling through a long rundown in Excel.
- Click Export as Excel. Fabl downloads an
.xlsx file to your browser.
Each segment type is preserved as a text value in the Type column of the Excel file, so you can filter or group by segment type directly in Excel without any reformatting.
Print export opens a browser print dialog with a layout optimized for physical paper — larger type, high-contrast segment type labels, and condensed spacing to fit more segments per page.To export for print:
- In the Export panel, select Print.
- Choose a font size — Standard (10pt) or Large (12pt). Large is recommended for set use where crew may be reading at a distance.
- Toggle Color-code segment types on to preserve the segment type colors in the printed output (requires a color printer), or off for a clean black-and-white layout.
- Click Open Print Dialog. Your browser’s print interface will open with the optimized rundown layout pre-loaded.
- Select your printer, confirm page settings, and click Print.
Print export uses your browser’s native print functionality. For the most consistent results, use Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge and set margins to None or Minimum in the print dialog.
Share Your Exported File
After downloading a PDF or Excel file, you can share it through any channel your team uses — email, Slack, Google Drive, Dropbox, or a production management tool. For the most up-to-date version, share a link to the live rundown in Fabl instead of a static export whenever possible, so your team always sees the latest changes without needing a new file.