Live Apps give your team a focused place to make something together: artwork, a 3D scene, a visual plan, a storyboard, or a learning collection. Files stay connected to their owning space and its access rules, so you can return to the work without separating it from the people and discussion around it.
Choose By What You Want To Make
Start with the result you need. A blank canvas can look similar across apps, but each workspace organizes a different kind of work.
Choose a file type for the work, not just the appearance of its editor. A whiteboard helps you connect ideas across an open surface. A storyboard makes their order meaningful. Canvas and Pixels work with image layers; Poly and Stage work with spatial scenes.
Blueprints, Layouts, Frames, and MathPad are currently marked Coming Soon. Their launcher entries describe planned workspaces, but they are not available to open or buy. Use the available apps above for a project you need to begin now.
Open Work In Its Home
Open the space and area where the work belongs, then choose the app from Apps. The app's explorer helps you find files and folders before you enter an editor. Creating a new file and opening an existing one are separate choices; either may depend on your access.
Choose an available workspace, or use the My Docs shortcuts to open your personal work.
The opened editor puts the work at the center. Toolbars, structure panels, and supporting panels vary with the app. On narrower screens, drawers and compact controls make room for the canvas or scene; detailed painting and 3D editing are easier on a larger display.
For a complete route from browsing to editing, follow Find, Create, and Open Live App Files.
Save, Share, And Publish Are Different Decisions
A saved file lets you return to editable work. Sharing its link helps another person reach that file. Publishing makes the associated content available through the product's publishing flow; creating a file alone does not publish a feed post.
Before leaving an editor, check its save state and resolve any pending or failed save. Live collaboration is useful feedback, but another person's pointer or a visible local change is not proof that every edit has finished saving. Each app's guide explains its save, recovery, and export behavior.
Keep these distinctions in mind:
Use Documents for file organization and My Docs for your personal library.
Work Together With The Right Access
Your membership and the file's location determine what you can reach. App access can add a separate requirement for creating or editing work. If an app offers an access prompt, check the requirement it names; buying an app does not grant membership in a private community.
Collaboration differs across the editors. Some work supports live shared changes; some saves can conflict when people edit at the same time. Follow the specific app's save guidance rather than assuming every workspace has the same merge or undo behavior.
Supported activity meetings can bring a whiteboard, retrospective, or Canvas document onto the shared stage. See Live Apps in Meetings for the available choices and the meeting workflow.
Common Questions
Can I open every tile in Apps?
No. An entry marked Coming Soon is not available yet. Other entries may require sign-in, access to the selected area, or app access for creation and editing.
Does creating a file publish it?
No. Start with the editable file, then use its supported publishing workflow when the work is ready. Check the destination and audience before publishing.
Will a saved scene reopen exactly as another app reads its export?
Not necessarily. Exports contain the features supported by their format and exporter. Keep the editable source when you need to continue work, and review any export warnings.
Which guide should I start with?
Choose the app closest to your intended result, then follow its first-project walkthrough. For shared file organization, begin with Documents.