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Your first connected project
Start with one small outcome, such as a team launch. Create a project, write a brief, and connect an action to its context. Follow each step through to its visible result so you finish with a useful starting point for the team’s next conversation.
4 min readRead the guideChoose and manage the right workspace
Find the workspace your project belongs to and make its purpose easy for the team to recognise. Review its name and description, check the member list and locate the invitation controls. This guide helps you choose the right home for the work and understand which settings you can change.
4 min readRead the guideOrganise a project’s documents and canvases
Use a project to hold one outcome and its resources. Give documents and canvases distinct jobs, use folders where they clarify the structure, and test that the resource tree remains understandable after a rename, move or recovery. Follow the controls that are available for your account.
4 min readRead the guideFind the right resource and the right passage
Boilerrum has several search surfaces with different jobs. Use the workspace library to locate a resource, the focus document library to move between pages, and the selected document’s search panel to inspect or replace wording. Check the active workspace and project before interpreting any results.
4 min readRead the guideBuild a project’s shared memory
Turn a project brief into a small, navigable collection of pages. Start with one clear purpose, add supporting subpages, and check that readers can find their way back. This walkthrough also explains the save indicators that matter before you leave an editor.
4 min readRead the guideChoose blocks that explain the work
A useful brief combines a short narrative with the right supporting structure. Build an example page with headings, lists, a collapsible explanation and precise technical detail. Use the visible insertion and selection menus, then check the finished page as a reader would.
4 min readRead the guideCompare options with tables and columns
Use a table when readers need to compare the same facts across several options. Use columns when two explanations belong beside each other. Build a small decision page, practise the visible row and column controls, and choose a reading width that suits the content.
4 min readRead the guideConnect pages, headings and issues
A project page becomes more useful when readers can follow its sources and actions. Link a supporting page or heading, connect an existing issue, and inspect the references in both directions. Use Links and references to check where each connection leads and help the next reader continue from the right place.
4 min readRead the guideReview a page with focused comments
Keep a review question beside the passage that needs attention, or record a comment about the whole page. Ask for specific evidence, follow the answers and mark resolved questions so the next review starts with the remaining work. Use this guide to keep your reading notes clear and easy to revisit.
4 min readRead the guideInspect history before restoring a page
Understand what changed before bringing back earlier writing. Start by checking the saved versions available to your workspace, compare the relevant passages and inspect the result before confirming a restore. When no versions are available, keep a copy of the current page using the export controls.
4 min readRead the guideFind wording and replace it carefully
A repeated product name or outdated phrase is easier to correct with the document’s search panel. Find the exact occurrences, inspect their context, and decide whether to replace one or all. This walkthrough uses the canvas document toolbar, which is separate from the focus view’s page-library search.
4 min readRead the guideExport writing and reuse a page structure
Choose a useful copy for the next reader: Markdown for text or a print view for a readable handout. Check the exported result before sharing it. Then explore the available ways to reuse a page’s structure and keep supporting files with the writing where those options are supported.
4 min readRead the guideBuild and save your first canvas
Turn a loose discussion into a board that someone else can understand. This walkthrough creates a named canvas, captures ideas as separate objects, gives them a readable arrangement and saves the result in the current project. Start in a project where you can edit, and keep the canvas open if saving reports an error so you can retry without losing your current work.
4 min readRead the guideNavigate a large canvas and choose your tools
A growing board becomes easier to use when you can move between an overview and one working area without disturbing its contents. Learn the zoom controls, mouse and trackpad modes, the dock orientation and the Elements list. These controls help you find and inspect objects; project access still determines which resources you can open and edit.
4 min readRead the guideExplain a process with shapes and connectors
Use a small flow diagram when the order of work matters more than a collection of notes. The Diagram tools menu combines basic shapes, line tools and a larger diagram library. Build a short process, label its decisions and use connector styling consistently so a teammate can follow the route without asking you to explain every arrow.
4 min readRead the guideOrganise objects with groups, alignment and layers
Use layout controls to make a crowded board easier to read and safer to rearrange. Alignment controls organise selected objects, groups let related items travel together, and named layers separate working material from supporting content. This walkthrough also explains the difference between hiding a layer and locking it, so an apparently missing or uneditable object is easier to diagnose.
4 min readRead the guideRun a workshop with a timer and a vote
Prepare a discussion that ends with a clear next step. Set out the agenda, give each activity a timebox and use Voting to compare a few well-defined choices. Review the results with participants, discuss close calls and record the agreed decision beside the material that explains it.
4 min readRead the guideTurn canvas frames into a presentation
A presentation is a sequence of framed canvas regions. You can keep the wider discussion on the board while selecting a clear route through its conclusions. Create frames, organise them into a deck, add notes and hide supporting frames that should not appear in the delivery. The Present panel shows decks and frame visibility for the current canvas, so start from the board that contains your material.
4 min readRead the guidePresent a deck and coordinate the discussion
Use the presentation controls to guide the route on your screen, then return to the canvas for questions and collaborative work. A deck’s visible frames determine what its slide controls show. Shared cursors help people already working in the same canvas coordinate their attention; displaying cursors does not invite people or grant access. Prepare the correct deck before the meeting so delivery and follow-up stay connected.
4 min readRead the guideExport a clear result and reuse canvas material
Choose a frame image, a visual PDF, SVG text for a compatible selection, or a reusable template according to the next use of your work. Inspect downloaded exports. Custom templates stay in the current project’s library in this browser; saving one does not create a public sharing link.
4 min readRead the guideDevelop an idea with a native mind map
A mind map gives a broad question a visible structure of topics and supporting detail. Start from Classic mind map, then rewrite its prompts, add branches and adjust the layout without redrawing every connection. The template contains editable mind map nodes rather than a single picture, so the result can grow with your thinking and remain part of the working canvas.
4 min readRead the guideIntroduce the team with editable people cards
Show who is involved, what each person owns and whom someone should ask for help. Team Introduction provides a small reporting hierarchy built from native Org Chart cards and connections. Replace the example people, expand the relevant branch and keep responsibilities beside the visual structure. The result is a practical team introduction that can sit next to a project plan or workshop on the same canvas.
4 min readRead the guideExplain technical work with code and field tables
Keep an endpoint’s explanation, request example and response beside the design discussion. API Documentation starts with editable text and native Code block objects for HTTP and JSON examples. Adapt the sample contract, add a field table when comparison helps and keep each snippet readable. The canvas becomes a technical reference the team can review visually and continue editing as the interface changes.
4 min readRead the guideTake a piece of work from capture to completion
Follow one action from its first description to a clear next planning decision. Use Boards to review progress, Details to explain the expected result, Backlog to decide timing and Roadmap to see the wider plan. Refine the same issue across these views without recreating it for each conversation.
4 min readRead the guideDescribe, assign and maintain a work item
Use the full issue editor to make an action understandable before it enters a sprint. Start with a title and expected result, then add ownership, planning fields and a useful activity trail. Every project view opens the same issue record.
4 min readRead the guideMatch issue types and statuses to the work
An issue type describes what the work is; its status describes where it is in the process. Build a valid hierarchy, add the columns your project needs and verify the transitions that connect them before moving real work through the board.
4 min readRead the guidePrepare the backlog and run a useful board
Use Backlog to decide what comes next and Boards to see work by status. The two views refer to the same issues, while sprint membership and workflow status answer different questions. This guide follows a small batch from initial ordering to daily progress review.
4 min readRead the guidePlan, start and complete a sprint
A sprint groups a deliberate set of project issues around a goal. Prepare its membership in Backlog, set its dates when starting, and use the completion dialog to preserve finished work while choosing the destination for everything still unfinished.
4 min readRead the guideBuild a roadmap with dates, layers and milestones
Roadmap combines a work hierarchy with a timeline. Begin with outcomes and children, give scheduled rows real date ranges, then add layers and milestone markers for a readable delivery discussion. Unscheduled work stays visible until you intentionally draw its schedule.
4 min readRead the guideShow delivery sequencing with roadmap dependencies
Use a roadmap dependency to draw the connection between two scheduled bars. The connector records a visible sequencing relationship in the selected roadmap. Inspect both endpoints and the dates together, then adjust the plan deliberately when the underlying work changes.
4 min readRead the guideFind the right issues and focus each view
Use the actual search, type filter, board selector and roadmap controls to reduce noise without changing the work itself. Start from the question you need to answer, inspect the result count, and clear temporary filters before a full planning or progress review.
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