This guide walks you through your first steps in flip: from signing up to your first flip and working together with colleagues. Each step is described briefly, with details in the linked articles. Spaces, teams and roles are explained in What flip is and how it works

How to sign up

1. Open the sign-up page
2. Enter your email and password and click “Create account”. Alternatively, click the Yandex, VK or Mail.ru icon to sign up with that service
3. Enter the confirmation code from the email
4. Fill in your profile and click “Continue”
5. Enter the name of your first space and click “Get started”

If colleagues invited you, open the invitation email and click the button in it — then create a password and fill in your profile. Learn more in How to sign up for flip

Next time, use the login page: the login options and password recovery are described in How to log in. You can change your name and avatar in account settings

How to set up your space

After you sign up, the home page of your space opens. A new space is on the Mini plan and has one team

To open the settings, in the left sidebar, click “Space settings” next to the space name. If you have several spaces, open the list of spaces and click the settings icon in the row of the current space. In the settings:

• in “Space profile”, the owner and admins change the name and logo with the “Edit profile” button — learn more in Viewing and editing a space
• “Space members” lists all members and their roles — learn more in Space member roles
• in “Plan management”, the owner changes the plan — learn more in Space plan management

How the plans differ is explained in Comparing flip plans

How to invite colleagues

1. On the home page, click “Invite” in the top right corner
2. Enter your colleagues' email addresses separated by commas or spaces
3. Under “Add members to a team”, select at least one team
4. Click “Invite”

Your colleagues will receive an invitation email. On the Mini plan, any member can invite people; on the Business and Enterprise plans, the owner and admins can. A space can have up to 15 members on Mini and up to 100 on Business, while on Individual only the owner works in the space. Learn more in How to invite users to a space

On the Business and Enterprise plans you can split members into teams, for example by department or project. To do this, see How to create and delete a team, How to add and remove team members and How to change a team's name, avatar and owner

How to create your first flip

On the home page, in the “Quick start” block, choose how to start:

• “Create flip” — a blank flip named “New flip” opens right away
• “Start from template” — pick a template and click “Use”. Learn more in Flip templates
• “Import” — move a board from Miro or upload a flip backup in the .board format. Learn more in How to install the extension and download a board from Miro and Flip backup

On the Mini plan you can create 3 flips. To rename a flip, change its cover, sort flips into folders and restore them from the trash, see Creating and editing flips and Folders, favorites and trash

What tools a flip has

The toolbar is on the left. Choose a tool and add an element to the flip:

• “Stickers” and “Text” — notes and captions
• “Shapes”, “Arrow” and “Mind map” — diagrams and processes
• “Grid” and “Document” — tables and long texts
• “Frame” — areas for grouping elements and slides for a presentation
• “Draw” — freehand lines
• “Templates” — ready-made structures

If a tool is not on the toolbar, open “All tools”. The “Edit” tool selects and moves elements. Images and files are added with the “Upload” button on the top panel or by dragging them onto the flip — learn more in How to upload images and files

General techniques are described in Working on a flip: the basics and Hotkeys in flip, and each element is covered in the “Board elements” section

How to work together

• To open a flip to colleagues, click “Share” in the top right corner of the flip and set up access for space members and via link — learn more in How to share a flip and set up access
• Several people can work on a flip at once: members' avatars are shown in the top right corner, and their cursors are labeled with names — learn more in Following participants on a flip
• Discuss ideas in comments and element annotations
• For meetings, use the timer, voting and presentation. The timer and voting are included in paid plans

Where to get help

• The “?” button in the bottom right corner of the home page and of a flip opens a menu with “Knowledge base”, “FAQ” and “Updates and news” — the last one leads to the flip Telegram channel. “Send feedback” opens a form to rate flip and leave a review, and on a flip the menu also has “Hotkeys”
• You can ask a question with the “Ask a question” button in the knowledge base header or by email at support@flip-chart.ru
• flip user communities: Telegram community and MAX community
• News and updates are posted in the flip Telegram channel and on the Updates page