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Print an outline with File > Print…. The thing that makes printing in Bike a little different is simple: it prints what you see.

Bike prints your outline exactly as you've shaped it on screen, so the easiest way to print just part of an outline is to set up that view first and then print:

  • Fold rows away and their hidden children won't print. See Outline Viewing.
  • Focus into a row and only that branch prints.
  • Filter and only the matching rows print: the rows the filter tucks away show up as the same small "N Hidden" markers you see on screen, rather than printing in full. See Outline Filtering.

Combine these to print precisely the slice you want: focus a section, fold the parts you don't need, then print.

When you print, the macOS print dialog includes a couple of Bike-specific options:

  • Print Theme: choose a theme just for printing, independent of the light and dark themes you use while editing. This is where you'd set a clean, ink-friendly theme for paper while keeping something else on screen. The list offers light themes.
  • Print Style: the editor style used to lay the page out.

Your choices are remembered, so the next print uses the same theme and style.

The printed appearance comes entirely from that theme, so your theme's settings (its fonts and colors) are what land on the page. (Themes specify colors and fonts; see Using Themes.)

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The same print dialog can save a PDF instead of printing to paper. Use the PDF menu in the lower-left corner of the macOS print panel. It's a handy way to share a focused or filtered view of an outline.

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