# Exports

This topic gives an overview of supported export formats for Section and Page/RDLX reports.

## Content



| Export formats | Section report | Page/RDLX report |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Html**: Export reports to HTML, DHTML, or MHT formats, all of which open in a Web browser. | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Pdf**: Export reports to PDF, a portable document format that opens in the Adobe Reader. | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Rtf**: Export reports to RTF, RichText format that opens in Microsoft Word, and is native to WordPad. | ✓ | ✘ |
| **Word**: Export reports to DOC, a format that opens in Microsoft Word. | ✘ | ✓ |
| **Text**: Export reports to TXT, plain text, a format that opens in Notepad or any text editor. Export reports to CSV, comma separated values, a format that you can open in Microsoft Excel. | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Image**: Export reports to BMP, GIF, JPEG, or PNG image format. | ✘ | ✓ |
| **Tiff**: Export reports to TIFF image format for optical archiving and faxing. | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Excel**: Export reports to formats that open in Microsoft Excel, XLS or XLSX. | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Xml**: Export reports to XML, a format that opens in a Web browser or delivers data to other applications. | ✘ | ✓ |
| **CSV**: Export reports to a CSV file, a form of structured data in plain text. The text in a CSV file is saved as series of values separated by comma. | ✘ | ✓ |
| **JSON**: Export reports to a JSON file, a text-based data format in which the data is stored in the hierarchical form. | ✘ | ✓ |


> type=note
> **Note**: If you don't find an export you need among the provided exports, you can write it manually. See our [CustomPdfExport](https://github.com/activereports/Samples19/tree/main/Advanced/PageAndRDLX/CustomPdfExport) sample for details.

You can use the section-only exports for Page/RDLX reports too, using the [MESCIUS.ActiveReports.Export.Rdf](https://www.nuget.org/packages/MESCIUS.ActiveReports.Export.Rdf) package. Although, Page/RDLX reports have a more powerful set of exports, using this package is helpful for some rare situations like:

*   An RTF output is needed (available only for Section report).
*   Manual rendering of graphic elements is required.
*   Need to save an RDF document and export it later without access to data.

## See Also

#### Developers

[Export Page/RDLX Reports](/activereportsnet/docs/v20.1/developers/export-reports/exporting-page-rdl-reports)

[Export Section Reports](/activereportsnet/docs/v20.1/developers/export-reports/exporting-page-rdl-section-reports)