# Exporting Projects as Binaries

Projects can be exported as binary manual files in the specified folder (once exported, they use the `.blz` extension).

## Exporting Projects

From the main menu, select File and then Export Project Binary to display a selection dialog box and choose the output folder.

## Exporting Project Binaries

If you select Binary Export, the Binary Settings dialog box for the project opens.

1. Project Folder to Export

   Shows the path of the project folder for the project to export as the binary file for a manual.

2. Select Export Target

   Allows you to choose where the manual's binary file should be exported to.

3. Binary Output Folder

   Displays the path of the folder where the manual's binary file will be exported to.

4. Create a subfolder to identify the project folder.

   When checked, this places the binary file in a subfolder of the selected binary output folder. This subfolder has the same name as the current project folder.

5. Market

   Select the region for which to output a binary.

6. Language Folder

   Select languages corresponding to the chosen region.

   Note: You cannot select a language that is not included in the project.

   Note: Languages that have been added via the Add other language folder option of the Create Multilingual Data dialog can be selected in all markets.

   Note: When exporting binaries for languages that have been added via the Add other language folder option of the Create Multilingual Data dialog, be sure to prepare localized versions of both the Viewer UI and the Viewer Help.
   If no localized version of the Viewer Help and UI are provided, an error is displayed during the export operation, and you are not able to output the manual to a binary file.
   For more information, see Editing the Viewer Help and UI Data.

7. Don't Remove Original Files After Compression

   Retains the manual data in precompression state as well as in binary output form.

8. Export Button

   Once you have correctly configured all the settings, you can export the manual as a binary file.

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