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# Canvas and Canvas Toolbar

This guide explains how to interact with Gobu's infinite canvas feature to visually organize, explore, and connect ideas from your research.

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### What is the Canvas?

The **Canvas** is your visual, creative space—designed to help you deeply understand and organize your research material.

From your linear overview, you can click "**Take it to the Canvas**". This opens your analysis on an infinite canvas where you can:

* Zoom in/out.
* Scroll through article sections.
* View your notes alongside the analysis.

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### Interacting with the Canvas

* **Drag & Drop** elements like excerpts from your analysis.
* Use **arrows** to visually connect insights.
* **Double-click anywhere** to create a **Text Block**:
  * Temporary, not saved in your library.
  * Ideal for brainstorming or rough notes.
* Turn Blocks to Docs to store them in you library and reuse in other projects.

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### Adding More Content

Click **Add Analysis** to:

* Upload another article.
* Run an AI analysis.
* Add it to the same canvas to compare findings.

This is perfect for combining materials into a single research project.

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### Toolbar Functions

* **Add Analysis**: Bring new analyses into the canvas.
* **Create New Note**:
  * Notes are permanent and saved to your library.
  * You can type in new content or expand on existing notes.
* **Add from Library**:
  * Search and select notebooks (AI analyses), notes, or sources.
  * One click adds them directly to your canvas.

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### Linked to the Source

Every excerpt remains tied to its **original source**:

* Click any excerpt to view it in the full PDF.
* Even with multiple articles on one canvas, it's easy to trace each insight back.

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### Go back to Home page

Click on Gobu.ai on the top left corner in the app to go back to the Home page.

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Use the canvas to build storylines, compare perspectives, and prepare your research narrative visually.