> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.heyflorence.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Getting started

> Invite-only login, then dataset, frame, chart, and export.

Florence is a canvas-based tool for building charts and the layouts around them — headlines, footnotes, legends, images — in one place. It is for journalists, designers, and anyone who needs a finished graphic without jumping to Figma for the frame around the chart.

Unlike Datawrapper or Flourish, Florence is not built around a single chart. You compose a full graphic on a responsive **frame**, then export or publish it as a unit.

Florence is in Private Beta. Access is invite-only. Log in with the email you were invited on at [heyflorence.app](https://heyflorence.app). You will get a magic link.

## Your first graphic

1. Open or create a **project** from the dashboard.
2. In the left sidebar, open the **Data** view (or stay on the canvas and use the Datasets tab). Click **+ New dataset** → **Upload file** and choose a CSV or TSV. You can also start from **Blank dataset** and paste from a spreadsheet, or pick a **sample dataset** to try the tool.
3. Back on the canvas, insert a **frame** from the insert panel (**I**), then insert a chart — **Insert → Charts → Column chart**.
4. Select the chart. In the **Properties** panel, link your dataset and map **X** and **Y**.
5. Add a heading, a legend, or a divider if you want the frame to read as a finished graphic.
6. Select the frame. In **Export**, choose PNG, SVG, or PDF and download. Or open **Share** to publish a view link.

That is the whole loop: dataset → frame → blocks → export or publish.

## The editor at a glance

Three regions around an infinite canvas:

* **Left** — Layers (everything on the canvas, in order), Assets (styles, templates, themes, brand kits), and Datasets. The insert panel lives here too.
* **Canvas** — Frames sit here. Pan with Space+drag. Zoom with **⌘ +** / **⌘ -**, **⌘ 0** to fit, **⌘ 1** for 100%.
* **Right** — the **Properties** panel. It changes with your selection: frame, block, or a single chart element.

Switch between **Canvas**, **Data**, and **Preview** in the top-left view tabs.

## If you get stuck

Use **Feedback** (bottom right, or file menu → Send feedback). Say what you were trying to do and what happened. Toggle bug vs feature request — both are useful.

Open **Help** any time for the short version of these pages.


## Related topics

- [Florence help](/index.md)