Traverse can export outlines in several formats, depending on whether you want portability, structured writing, a screenplay, spreadsheet-style data, or a visual copy of the current view.
OPML
Use OPML when you want to back up an outline, move it between compatible outlining apps, or preserve its outline structure.
Clean OPML export can include document dates, owner metadata, task type information, and preserved numbering. OPML is also the format Traverse uses for its library documents.
Markdown List
Markdown List export creates a simple nested Markdown list. It is useful when you want a readable outline in a plain text editor, notes app, static site, or Markdown workflow.
Markdown List export can optionally preserve generated numbering.
Type and Markdown Document
Markdown Document export uses node Type values to decide how nodes should appear. Nodes can become headings, body text, blockquotes, code blocks, bullets, numbered bullets, or dividers.
Settings can control whether the document title becomes an H1, how notes are exported, whether task status is included, whether dividers become horizontal rules, whether additional attributes are included, and whether generated numbering is preserved.
Adding Type to a document requires Traverse Pro. If Type is already present, the document remains editable and exportable even when Pro is not active.
Fountain
When a document uses the Fountain attribute, Fountain export turns its outline into a clean plain-text screenplay. Nodes can become title-page metadata, scene headings, action, characters, dialogue, parentheticals, transitions, sections, synopses, notes, lyrics, page breaks, or centred text.
Traverse can suggest existing character, scene, and section values while you work. Export options can include title-page metadata and notes, include draft branches as Boneyard, and append Traverse marks as Beat colour markup.
Adding Fountain to a document requires Traverse Pro. Existing Fountain outlines remain editable and exportable without an active Pro unlock.
CSV
CSV export creates a table-like version of the outline. It includes the node text, generated number, full number path, attribute values, and node IDs. CSV export currently uses a fixed format and does not have custom settings.
Current view as PDF
Use Current View as PDF when you want to share or print the layout you are currently seeing in Traverse. This is best for a visual snapshot rather than a portable outline file.
Marked streaming
If Marked is installed, Traverse can stream a live preview while you work. Type documents are sent as Markdown; Fountain documents are sent as Fountain so Marked can process them as a screenplay.
Preserving numbering
Generated numbering is normally display-only. When export options preserve numbering, Traverse writes the generated prefixes into the exported text. Prefixes, numbering levels, omitted nodes, and numbering modifiers are taken into account.
