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### Import and Export

There are times when you want to share your data with others. The importing and exporting facilities of Mental Case make this easy. There are many export formats available; choosing which format to use depends upon who you are sharing with.

If you want to share your notes with another Mental Case for Mac user, you can best choose the Mental Case 2 Archive format. This format includes formatted text, media files, and other data related to scheduling and appearance, such as which facets can be prompts, and slide background color. It is the most complete export format.

To share with someone using Mental Case on iOS, you should use the Study Archive format. This is an open format comprised of comma- or tab-separated values, and media files, all combined in a zip archive. You can unpack a Study Archive to import the data into another application, or you can import it directly into Mental Case on iOS. To get the archive onto the iOS device, you can email it to yourself, download it from a web server, or copy to the device over USB via the File Sharing section of iTunes.

If you need to share your notes with another study application or web site, you are probably best to export in Comma-Separated Values (CSV) or Tab-Separated Values (TSV) format. These simple text formats are widely supported by applications like Excel and Numbers, and can even be opened in a standard plain text editor. If you happen to have some notes in CSV or TSV format, perhaps created in a spreadsheet application, you can also import these directly into Mental Case.

Exporting slides as images is also supported. This could be useful if you want to use the images on a web site, or send them to someone who doesn’t own a copy of Mental Case, perhaps because they don’t own a Mac.

#### See also

Sharing Topics
Exporting for iOS
Exporting for Mac
Exporting for Other Apps
Importing Archives
Study Archive Format