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Not every project fits neatly into a list of tasks or a document. Sometimes you need the freedom of a whiteboard to move things around and draw connections. We wanted that without creating a separate picture of the project that somebody has to keep in sync with the real work.

Macro Canvas puts the real work on an infinite canvas. Draw a diagram or sketch a plan, then add live @mentions of tasks, documents, emails, and calls alongside it. Task mentions show their current status, and you can open the underlying work directly. You get the freedom of a whiteboard without having to maintain a second representation of the project.

Put the plan on a canvas.

Draw shapes, connect them with arrows, and add notes or images. Group and align the pieces as the plan takes shape.

Bring Docs onto your canvas.

Mention a task, doc, email, or call directly on the canvas. Task mentions show current status and priority, and open the original when you need the details.

Share the part you’re looking at.

Copy a canvas link and it opens at the same pan and zoom. Give someone view, comment, or edit access, just as you would for a document.

Questions about canvas

How do I create a canvas?

Choose Canvas from the Create menu, or press c then n.

Can I find a canvas later?

Canvases appear in unified search. You can also mention a canvas elsewhere in Macro or download it as a file.

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Setup and reference

A canvas is Macro's whiteboard Block: an infinite 2D plane for mind-mapping, technical diagrams, project planning, or just grouping files visually. Unlike a standalone whiteboard tool, you can place live @mentions of anything in your workspace (tasks, docs, emails, channels, calls) directly on the board, so a diagram can point at the real work it describes.

To create a canvas use shortcut c + n

What you can put on a canvas

  • Blocks from your workspace: @mention any doc, task, email, channel, call, or chat. Mentions render as live pills that carry current metadata, like a task's status and priority.
  • Shapes and text: rectangles, ellipses, and styled text, with configurable fill, stroke, corner radius, and opacity.
  • Connectors: straight, curved, or stepped lines between objects, with arrowheads and other end styles on either end.
  • Freehand drawing: sketch with the pencil tool.
  • Images: paste, drag in, or pick from your files.

Working on the board

The toolbar along the bottom switches what you add: Select, Hand, Rectangle, Ellipse, Arrow, Pencil, Eraser, and Text. Hand pans the board. Attach places an image, or a live reference to a Block in your workspace.

Click an object to select it, or drag across the board to select several. The inspector aligns a selection left, center, right, top, middle, or bottom. Right-click the selection and choose Group to move those objects together, or Ungroup to separate them. Arrange sets what sits in front: Bring to front or Send to back. Drag an object to move it. Right-click to Copy, Cut, Paste, or Delete.

Sharing

When you copy a link to a canvas, your current pan and zoom position is preserved, so the link opens framed on the part of the board you were looking at. You can also download a canvas as a file, and @mention canvases anywhere else in Macro.

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