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Any answer Chief gives you can leave the app as a file. Use the download control on a response to save it as a document, or download a single table on its own for your spreadsheet.

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Download an answer

The Download as control on an answer with PDF, DOC, Text and Markdown formats
  1. Hover over the answer and click the Download button.
  2. The control expands and shows Download as: with format buttons.
  3. Click the format you want: PDF, DOC, Text, or Markdown.
ℹ️ Good to Know: An XLS button appears in the download row only when the answer contains a table. If the answer has no table, you’ll see PDF, DOC, Text, and Markdown only.

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Download a single table

When an answer includes a table, that table has its own download control (Download table as:) so you can export just the data — handy for dropping numbers straight into a spreadsheet without the surrounding text.

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Download a whole thread

Some download controls offer “Download entire thread” instead of a single answer, letting you save the full conversation as one file.

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FAQ

PDF export needs an active session and runs through a conversion service, so it can occasionally fail. If the PDF button shows “Failed,” try again, or download as DOC or Markdown instead — those generate locally and don’t depend on the service.
The XLS option only appears when the answer contains a table. Plain-text answers offer PDF, DOC, Text, and Markdown.
Text strips formatting to plain prose. Markdown keeps the structure (headings, bold, lists, tables) as Markdown syntax, which is ideal for pasting into another Markdown-aware tool.