You've just imported your Miro board into Klaxoon and you're wondering whether it's been transformed. Don't worry, this article is here to show you clearly how your Miro board appears in Klaxoon.
This function is currently available in Beta.
Before and after
Here's what the objects between Miro imported into Klaxoon will look like:
example of a Miro board
example of the same Miro board imported into Klaxoon
Differences between Miro and Klaxoon
1. What is retained
Main visual content:
Category | Miro | Klaxoon |
Graphic elements | Shapes, lines, arrows, and other visual elements | Retain their relative position and size |
Notes and sticky notes | Sticky notes | Imported as image objects. The text inside is visually preserved |
Images and screenshots | Images and screenshots | Imported as separate image objects |
Spatial organization:
Category | Miro | Klaxoon |
Layout of elements | General layout of elements on the board | Preserved. Objects are placed similarly on the Klaxoon Board |
Miro Frames | Frames used to organize content | Generally imported as a separate area on the Klaxoon Board, often as a large group of images |
2. What may be different or absent
General Appearance and Board Organization:
Category | Miro | Klaxoon |
Board Name | PDF name (default Miro board name) | The Board is created with the name of the selected PDF file (without the .PDF extension) |
Background color | Default white (the PDF content may have custom background colors) | Default white (Klaxoon cannot reliably infer the Miro background color) |
Organization of Frames / Pages | Pages (from frames) can have a complex spatial layout | Pages (from frames) will be added sequentially to the Board. The order of pages in the PDF will not necessarily reflect the original layout of the Miro Board |
Advantages and Disadvantages of migration:
Category | Miro | Klaxoon |
Miro to Klaxoon | Advantage: Global view of the migrated Board | Disadvantage: Potentially longer Board loading time (depending on the content) |
Collaboration and Context Elements:
Category | Miro | Klaxoon |
Participants | Information about the participants on the board | Not contained in the imported PDF |
Talktrack | Potential voice recordings | Not contained in the imported PDF |
Comments | Textual comments on the elements | Not contained in the imported PDF |
Text:
Category | Miro | Klaxoon |
Text font | Permanent Marker and other fonts | Roboto Slab (if the Miro font is not common, fallback to "Sans Serif") |
Text size | Variable text sizes | Text size is preserved |
Text style | Bold, italic (can be extrapolated by the browser) | Management of bold or italic may be limited if the font does not natively support it |
Emojis | Emojis can be integrated into text objects | Emojis may fall outside text objects or split the text into multiple objects |
Text background color | Background color of text areas | Not migrated (feature not available in Board) |
Drawing:
Category | Miro | Klaxoon |
Object type | Brush (freehand drawing) | Shape (the drawing is converted into a shape) |
Color and thickness | Variable color and thickness | Color and thickness are preserved for the shape |
Idea (Sticky note):
Category | Miro | Klaxoon |
Shape | Square, rectangle | Square or rectangle (adjusted according to the Miro idea format) |
Color | Extended color palette | Conversion to a Klaxoon color palette (maximum 24 colors) |
Tag(s) / Category | Possibility to add tags to ideas | Transformed into a shape (no category creation) |
Emoji / Reaction | Reaction emojis on ideas | Will be an image on the idea |
Text font, size, and style | Variable font, size, and style | Font, size, and style of the text are migrated (potential limitations for bold/italic) |
Text alignment | Variable alignment | Centered for now |
Idea author | Indication of the author | Not migrated |
Hyperlink | Possibility to add hyperlinks in the text | The text and the hyperlink are retrieved to create the Board idea (if written out in full) |
Idea size | Freely adjustable | Adjusted according to the format of the idea (not customizable) |
Text content | Free text | All text contained in the idea is migrated |
Rendering of the square idea | Square idea | Identical square idea |
Rendering of the rectangular idea | Rectangular idea | Based on the width of the ideas, a rectangle idea may be taller in Board |
Image / Icon:
Category | Miro | Klaxoon |
Size and position | Variable size and position | Size and position are preserved |
Rotation | Rotation possible | No direct rotation (rotation on a crop) |
Crop | Square and round crop | Square crop |
Shape:
Category | Miro | Klaxoon |
Outline thickness and color, fill color, opacity | Customizable | Preserved |
Text in the shape | Possibility to add text directly into the shape | The text is not added to the shape (will be a separate text object) |
Connectors:
Category | Miro | Klaxoon |
Object type | Connectors with specific properties | Connector treated as a shape |
Outline thickness, color, opacity | Customizable | Preserved |
Style | Solid, dotted | Dotted style converted to a solid shape |
Text on the connector | Possibility to add text on the connector | The text is not added to the connector (will be a separate text object) |
Sticky Stack | Stack of sticky notes | No equivalent object (creation of shapes and images) |
Highlighter | Highlighter tool | Migrated with non-adjusted positioning |
Z-index (Layering) | Management of the stacking order of objects | Attention to z-index management which may not always work (verify that non-converted objects are not hidden) |
Other unrecognized objects: | ... (implied in the section title) | ... (implied in the section title) |
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