# Share a link, image or text

Send a free link, put the diagram in a slide or document, or keep the Mermaid text.

## Copy a link

1. Click the share icon in the top-right corner.
2. Click **Copy link**, and paste the link wherever you like.

![The Share menu: Copy link, and Publish, which needs Line9 Pro.](/images/docs/screens/getting-started/share.png)

The link holds the whole diagram, with its theme and settings. If you change the diagram later, copy a new link: an old link still shows the diagram as it was.

Anyone can open and view the shared diagram – no account needed. They can't change your diagram: **Open in editor** opens a copy on the diagram page for them to change.

![A shared link open in the browser: the diagram fills the window, with Open in editor in the top-right corner.](/images/docs/screens/share/shared-link.png)

On a phone or tablet, **Copy link** opens the device's share options.

## Put it in a slide or document

1. Choose the theme and orientation that suit the slide or page. See [Theme, orientation and spacing](/docs/theme-orientation-and-spacing).
2. Open the menu in the top-left corner and choose **Copy as**, then **PNG**. Or press **⌘C** (Mac) or **Ctrl+C** (Windows).
3. Paste the image into your slide or document.

![The menu open at Copy as, which offers PNG, SVG and Source.](/images/docs/screens/share/copy-as.png)

To save a file instead, choose **Export as**, then **PNG** or **SVG**. The file is named after the diagram, such as `line9-expense-approval.png`.

An SVG stays sharp at any size and includes its fonts. Use a PNG where an app doesn't accept SVG.

## Keep or pass on the text

**Copy as ▸ Source** copies the diagram's Mermaid text. **Export as ▸ Source** saves it as a `.mmd` file.

Keep the text with your other files. To open it in Line9 again, paste it into the diagram page or drop the file on it. See [Start a diagram](/docs/start-a-diagram).

GitHub and GitLab draw Mermaid text in Markdown files themselves, with Mermaid's layout. To show the Line9 layout there, [publish the diagram and embed it](/docs/embed).

## The Line9 watermark

The watermark is the Line9 logo in the bottom-right corner of the diagram.

- Without [Line9 Pro](/docs/getting-started#line9-pro), images include it. With Line9 Pro, they don't.
- Images saved from a shared link always include it.
- The text never includes it.

## A link or a published page?

With Line9 Pro, you can also publish a diagram to its own page.

|                                                  | Shared link                 | Published page                             |
| ------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| Needs Line9 Pro                                  | No                          | Yes                                        |
| The address                                      | Long, and holds the diagram | Short: `line9.ai/d/…`                      |
| After you change the diagram                     | Copy a new link             | Publish a new version, at the same address |
| Who can open it                                  | Anyone with the link        | Your team, anyone, or only you             |
| Show it inside a wiki or web page                | No                          | Yes, if it's Public                        |
| Images saved from it include the Line9 watermark | Yes                         | No                                         |

## Next

- [Publish a diagram](/docs/publish): give it its own page.
- [Theme, orientation and spacing](/docs/theme-orientation-and-spacing): get it ready for a slide or document.