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title	About

Lucidspark isa virtual whiteboarding tool. With Lucidspark’s intuitive canvas, your team can collect and organize ideas — and then turn them into action. Lucidspark makes it easy to create a canvas from scratch or from a template, customize it to your liking, collaborate with your team, and put your ideas to work.

Facilitate effective meetings, planning sessions, and workshops with the right balance of structure and flexibility.
Ideate in real time with teammates.
Provide feedback, organize and vote on your team’s ideas, and create action items.

Note: Lucidspark is currently in pilot mode and only available to a limited number of groups. More information on expanded availability will be posted here when it is released to the entire community

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title	Getting Started

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title	Resources

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title	FAQs

FAQs

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title	General

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title	What is Lucidspark?

Lucidspark is a virtual whiteboard where teams connect and convey their greatest ideas to light. The goal is to allow teams to brainstorm and share their ideas through teamwork and better organization.

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title	What is Lucidchart?

Lucidchart is a web-based collaborative diagramming application that allows you to create and share technical diagrams. It also allows you to import environment information directly from sources such as AWS, and will automatically generate diagrams from that data. The goal is to allow teams to propel and visualize business ideas with clarity, collectively, and swiftly.

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title	Access

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title	Navigation

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title	How to navigate in Lucidspark?

Pan: Right click + drag

Zoom with trackpad: Pinch fingers

Zoom with mouse: Press spacebar + scroll wheel

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title	Using Mini Map to navigate in Lucidspark

In order to see an overview of all content or jump to another area, click the Mini Map icon in the Canvas View Controls. The solid blue lines on the map show what portion of the canvas is being displayed in your current view. To jump to another area, simply click the spot on the map that you’d like to jump to.

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title	Using Frames to navigate in Lucidspark

Add a Frame

To add a frame to the canvas, follow these steps:

Select the Frames icon from the Primary Toolbar.
Click Create Frame.
Click and drag on the board to draw out your frame to your desired size.

Note: You can draw the frame around existing shapes, images, etc.

Table of Contents for Frames

Access the Table of Contents to view all of your frames listed out in one place and quickly navigate to any frame on your board.

To access a frame from the Table of Contents, follow these steps:

Select the Frames icon from the Primary Toolbar.
Click Table of Contents.
Select the desired frame from the list.

Format and modify lines

Lucidchart’s many line modification options give you control over how your lines look. To make a change to an individual line, select the line and navigate to the corresponding section of the Formatting toolbar above your canvas. To set a document’s default line settings, ensure you have no lines selected before setting default line settings from the Formatting toolbar.

Line shape

Lucidchart offers three options for line shape:

Straight
Curved
Elbow

The default setting for line shape in a new document is Elbow, which means that your lines’ directions will correspond with the background grid of your canvas and only bend at 90˚ angles.

To change line shape, follow these steps:

Select a line or click the canvas’ background.
Click the Line Options icon from the formatting toolbar.
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Select one of the three line shapes available.

Note: If you are using the Elbow line shape, you can add rounding to the line’s angles by toggling the up and down arrows in the “ROUNDED” box in the line options window.

Line color

To change the color of a line, follow these steps:

Select a line (or to set a default, click anywhere on the canvas).
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Select a color from the color swatch window that appears.
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Use a custom color by clicking Screen_Shot_2022-04-22_at_3.03.35_PM.png Image Removed the plus icon at the bottom of the color swatch window. From here, you can manually select a color by selecting a space in the color swatch or using the color slider. You can also select Hex, HSB, or RGB from the dropdown menu. Once selected, you can adjust the HSB or RGB values or type a Hex code.

Line width

To change the width of a line, follow these steps:

Select a line (or to set a default, click anywhere on the canvas).
Toggle the up and down arrows in the “Line Width” box of the formatting toolbar.
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Note: Lucidchart allows line thicknesses ranging from 0.5 to 10 px, and rounds inputted measurements to the nearest tenth of a pixel.

Line style

To change the style of a line, follow these steps:

Select a line (or to set a default, click anywhere on the canvas).
Click the “Line Style” box in the formatting toolbar for a display of the available line style options.
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Hover your cursor over the different line styles to see how they will appear on your diagram. Click a line style to apply changes.

Additional line style options:

If you are modifying an individual line, you can select "DOUBLE" at the bottom of this window to turn your line into two parallel lines.
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If a selected line crosses another line on the canvas, you can make it jump over the other line by selecting "JUMP".
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Modify line endpoints

The default line endpoint setting in a new document includes a solid, one-sided arrow. To change endpoints, following these steps:

Select a line (or to set a default, click anywhere on the canvas).
Click the left or right “Endpoint” drop-down in the formatting toolbar to see available options.
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Select a style.

To swap the endpoints of a selected line, click the double arrow icon next to the endpoint drop-down menus in the formatting toolbar.
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title	How do I add lines in Lucidspark?

Add lines to a diagram

There are three ways to add a line:

From a selected object
From the Shape menu
Directly to the canvas

Add a line from an object

Hover your cursor over a shape.
Click a round red node from the side of an object.
Drag your cursor away from the object.
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You can connect the line back to the same object, to a different object, or add a new object by selecting one from the menu that appears when you release the mouse on the blank canvas.

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If you do not want to add a new object to a line, click anywhere on the canvas to exit the shape auto-prompt window.

To disable the shape auto-prompt window:

Open your Account Settings by selecting your profile image or initials in the upper-right hand corner.
Click Document Settings from the menu to the left of your screen.
Select the Lucidchart tab.
Find the “After Drawing Lines” section.
Select “Do nothing.”

Add a line from the Shape Menu

Click and drag Image Removed the line and arrow icon from the “Standard” section of the shape menu.
Move the line by dragging its body and lengthen it by dragging one of its ends.
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Add a line directly to the canvas

Right-click the canvas.
From the menu that appears, select Draw Line.
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Additional tips:

If you move an object that is connected with a line to another object, the line will also move to maintain the connection.
Hold the Shift key on your keyboard when drawing a line to make its path follow a straight line of 45˚ increments.
Create a line that moves independently from a shape by toggling off "line connections" in Page Settings.

Turning off line connections allows you to move a line in isolation by clicking the arrow keys on your keyboard, however, lines already connected to shapes cannot be moved in isolation.

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title	How do I modify or customize lines in Lucidspark?

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title	How to navigate in Lucidchart?

Mouse: Hold space key down + scroll wheel

Trackpad: Pinch two fingers

to navigate in Lucidchart?

Mouse: Hold space key down + scroll wheel

Trackpad: Pinch two fingers

Lucidspark keeps a log of all changes made to a board using the Revision History tool! It's accessible within the menu near the title of your board.

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The board’s edit history will display as a list of stacked tiles, with each tile representing a past version of the board. Each tile will display the date and time the changes were made, as well as the full name or email address of the user who made the changes.

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title	Working in Lucidspark

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title	Can I link one part of the board to another?

Not at this time, Lucid is looking into this as a future enhancement.

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title	How to create breakout boards?

To create a new Breakout Board:

SelectImage Addedthe Breakout Board icon from the Primary Toolbar.
Click the tile to “Add new breakout”.

A Breakout Board will be automatically labeled. To rename a board, join the board you’d like to update and type the new title in the upper left-hand corner.

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title	How to manage board participants?

To start the breakout session, select Start Breakout. The Breakout Boards panel will become visible to all participants and they'll be able to select a board to join, which will send them to a separate Lucidspark board.

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You can also share a direct link to a Breakout Board. You can do this by selecting Copy direct link from the three-dot menu in the Breakout Board panel and from within a Breakout Board by selecting Image Added in the upper-right corner.

Note: Shareable Links will need to be enabled from the Main Board's Share settings to allow creation of and access to direct links.

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When the session is over, select Call Back to bring everyone back to the Main Board. Participants can also navigate back to the main board themselves at any time by clicking Image Added in the upper-left side corner.

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title	Can I link one part of the board to another?

Not at this time, Lucid is looking into this as a future enhancement.

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title	How to create breakout boards?

To create a new Breakout Board:

SelectImage Addedthe Breakout Board icon from the Primary Toolbar.
Click the tile to “Add new breakout”.

A Breakout Board will be automatically labeled. To rename a board, join the board you’d like to update and type the new title in the upper left-hand corner.

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title	How to manage board participants?

To start the breakout session, select Start Breakout. The Breakout Boards panel will become visible to all participants and they'll be able to select a board to join, which will send them to a separate Lucidspark board.

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You can also share a direct link to a Breakout Board. You can do this by selecting Copy direct link from the three-dot menu in the Breakout Board panel and from within a Breakout Board by selecting Image Added in the upper-right corner.

Note: Shareable Links will need to be enabled from the Main Board's Share settings to allow creation of and access to direct links.

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When the session is over, select Call Back to bring everyone back to the Main Board. Participants can also navigate back to the main board themselves at any time by clicking Image Added in the upper-left side corner.

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title	How do I track the changes collaborators made?

Lucidspark keeps a log of all changes made to a board using the Revision History tool! It's accessible within the menu near the title of your board.

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The board’s edit history will display as a list of stacked tiles, with each tile representing a past version of the board. Each tile will display the date and time the changes were made, as well as the full name or email address of the user who made the changes.

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title	How do I manage breakout boards?

Add a Note to a Shape

To add a note to a shape, right click on the shape and select “Add Note” from the dropdown.

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After adding a note to a shape, you will see note_icon Image Addedthe note icon on the top right corner of the shape. If you click on the note icon, it will show the note you added.

Delete a Note from a Shape

To delete a note from a shape, right click on the shape and select “Delete Note” from the dropdown.

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title	How do I join a breakout board?

SelectImage Addedthe Breakout Board icon from the Primary Toolbar.
Hover your cursor over the board you’d like to join.
Click Join.
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Select Image Added in the upper left-hand corner of your canvas when you’re ready.

You can also join a Breakout Board by clicking a direct link the facilitator or another participant has shared with you.

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title	Where can images be attached?

You have multiple options when managing Breakout Boards. To access this menu, hover over a board’s tile and select the three-dot menu.

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With this menu you can:

Join a board to participate
Rename a board to customize its title
Copy direct link to share with participants
Duplicate a board
Insert all content of a Breakout Board to the Main Board
Delete a board

A few tips

Anyone on your Enterprise account with edit permissions to a board can create Breakout Boards.
View-only users can join and view Breakout Boards.
Guest Collaborators and free users can participate in existing Breakout Boards.
Participants will only see collaborators for the Breakout Board they are in.
You can move over specific shapes from the Breakout Board to the main board.
- To add a single shape, copy the shape and paste it in the Main Board.
- To select multiple shapes, hold the Shift key while selecting shapes to copy, then paste in the Main Board.
You can also add all content of a Breakout Board to the Main Board by dragging and dropping the thumbnail of a board from the Breakout Board panel onto the canvas.

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title	How do I add web link in Lucidspark?

To add a web link to an object:

Select a shape.
Click the link icon from the Context Toolbar.
Paste the URL and click Apply.
To change the shape to display a preview of the linked content, select Convert to Link Preview.

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Link Preview

If you convert to Link Preview, a separate shape containing a thumbnail will be populated. You may see the following options in the Context Toolbar for the thumbnail:

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Image AddedImage AddedNavigate thumbnails will appear as arrows that will allow you to switch between the images, if there are more than one
Image AddedExtract thumbnails to extract the thumbnail image(s)
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Add a Web Link to text

To add a web link to specific text (whether in a text box or on an object), highlight the portion of the text that you would like linked and then follow the steps explained above — select the link icon from the Context Toolbar, paste in the URL, and hit “Apply.”

A blue line will appear under the selected text to indicate that a web link has been applied.

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Trigger the Link

To trigger the link and open the linked webpage on a PC, press Shift + Ctrl and then click on the object or text that you applied a web link to. If you are using a Mac, press Shift + Command and then click on the object or text.

These instructions will also appear on your board if you hover over/click on an object that has a web link attached to it.

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title	How do I add lines in Lucidspark?

Add lines to a diagram

There are three ways to add a line:

From a selected object
From the Shape menu
Directly to the canvas

Add a line from an object

Hover your cursor over a shape.
Click a round red node from the side of an object.
Drag your cursor away from the object.
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You can connect the line back to the same object, to a different object, or add a new object by selecting one from the menu that appears when you release the mouse on the blank canvas.

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If you do not want to add a new object to a line, click anywhere on the canvas to exit the shape auto-prompt window.

To disable the shape auto-prompt window:

Open your Account Settings by selecting your profile image or initials in the upper-right hand corner.
Click Document Settings from the menu to the left of your screen.
Select the Lucidchart tab.
Find the “After Drawing Lines” section.
Select “Do nothing.”

Add a line from the Shape Menu

Click and drag Image Added the line and arrow icon from the “Standard” section of the shape menu.
Move the line by dragging its body and lengthen it by dragging one of its ends.
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Add a line directly to the canvas

Right-click the canvas.
From the menu that appears, select Draw Line.
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Additional tips:

If you move an object that is connected with a line to another object, the line will also move to maintain the connection.
Hold the Shift key on your keyboard when drawing a line to make its path follow a straight line of 45˚ increments.
Create a line that moves independently from a shape by toggling off "line connections" in Page Settings.

Turning off line connections allows you to move a line in isolation by clicking the arrow keys on your keyboard, however, lines already connected to shapes cannot be moved in isolation.

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title	How do I modify or customize lines in Lucidspark?

Format and modify lines

Lucidchart’s many line modification options give you control over how your lines look. To make a change to an individual line, select the line and navigate to the corresponding section of the Formatting toolbar above your canvas. To set a document’s default line settings, ensure you have no lines selected before setting default line settings from the Formatting toolbar.