What’s an area?

Areas are smart frames that allow you to keep all of the content together on a mural. There are two types of areas in a mural: freeform and grid.

• Grid areas “snap”objects like sticky notes, shapes, and text into place and will automatically expand or contract when you add or delete content.
• Freeform areas are more flexible. They keep content together, but won’t snap them into a grid.

Why use areas?

When you’re working in a mural, you might want to divide your work into different sections. This might happen for a presentation or when you have multiple methods in a mural. These areas give you the flexibility to move content on the mural together while still having flexibility to edit individual objects. 

Areas are also essential to building outlines in murals, which can be a great way to help collaborators navigate around these different sections of the mural. Now, get ready to add these areas to your mural.

Add content to an area

If you want to move multiple objects around without having to move them individually, you can add them into an area. A quick way to create areas is by using the “organize into area” function.

1. Click and drag the content you want to group together on the mural.
2. Click near your chosen content, then drag the blue highlight box over it to multiple-select. Once you release the highlight box, an outline will form around the selected elements.
3. Right-click within the outline, then select organize into area from the dropdown menu. You will now have a permanent outline around your area.
4. Once you’ve added content to your area, the content will stick and move with the area in the mural.
5. Let’s say you don’t need an area anymore. Right-click the area and select delete from the menu. You will have two options: area only or area and content.

Formatting areas

Now that we’ve got the basics covered, what else can you do with areas? Once the objects are in the area, the title box will pop up. Write directly in the box to create the title for your area. The title will sit above the objects in the area. You can also hide the title.

From here, you can change the color of an area, change the size of an area by adding or removing content, edit the font and switch between freeform and grid areas.