Export and sharing
A notebook is only useful if it can leave the application. The “Export / Import” button gathers both directions.
Output formats
- .supercalc — the notebook's own format: pages, cells, variables, document settings, everything is in it. This is the format to keep, and the only one that reopens without losing anything.
- LaTeX — the formulas in LaTeX, ready to paste into a report or a dissertation.
- Jupyter notebook (.ipynb) — Python cells become code cells, text cells become markdown cells.
- Word and PDF — the laid-out document, including each page's orientation.
Reopening
The same button imports a .supercalc: the notebook comes back with its settings and its variables, and recomputes.
The share link
“Copy a share link” puts the whole notebook in the address, compressed. Nobody stores the document: the link contains it. Send it, and the recipient opens exactly your notebook, calculations included.
Two consequences worth knowing: a link stays valid indefinitely since it depends on no server, and it is long — for a very large notebook, the .supercalc file is more convenient.
Traceability
Every result knows how it was obtained: the How? panel keeps the exact expression the engine received, the algorithm and the duration. This information follows the document into the export: a report stays checkable.
Try it
Open “From a template” ▸ Heat balance, then “Export / Import” ▸ Copy a share link. Paste the link into another tab: the same notebook opens, with its settings. Then export the same document to LaTeX and compare the formulas obtained with those in the cells.
Where to go next
A notebook received by link works without a network from the second visit on: see offline and updates.