# Using Whimsical Boards

Whimsical Boards gives you a flexible, infinite canvas. It's home to everything you need for visual thinking: flowcharts, diagrams, wireframes, sticky notes, mind maps and more.

This article outlines all the basics - and you'll find guides for specific use cases linked at the bottom 👇

For a 60 second tour of everything you need to get started with boards, check out this video:

[Learn Whimsical Boards in 60 seconds](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNJVMwaktpI)

## The toolbar

No matter what you want to add to your boards, the toolbar is where you'll find it. The most important elements, as well as a specific mode for [wireframes](https://whimsical.com/learn/get-started/wireframes), are in the top section:

The rest of the toolbar has the supporting tools for [connecting ideas](https://whimsical.com/learn/boards/connectors), [adding structure](https://whimsical.com/learn/boards/sections), and [getting creative with AI](https://whimsical.com/learn/get-started/whimsical-ai):

**Pro tip:** The **All tools** menu is easily searchable and includes every possible object or action you can use in Whimsical boards, including [timers](https://whimsical.com/learn/boards/timer) and [voting](https://whimsical.com/learn/boards/voting) for live sessions.

After selecting a tool from the toolbar, you may see additional options to customize or refine it. In this example, you can see all the options for freehand drawing:

## The context menu

When you add an object to your board, or select an existing object, you'll see the floating context menu:

Use it to refine, arrange, or change the object or objects you've selected:

If you select objects of different types, the context menu will show _only the options_ that apply to all of them - like grouping, aligning, and distributing evenly.

**Tip:** When working with multiple objects, you can filter your selection by type, shape, or color.

## File actions

In a board (or any Whimsical file), you'll see a dropdown arrow next to the file's title. This is the file action menu, and it allows you to move, copy, or delete the file as well as change the theme and settings.

## The help menu

As always, when you're working in a board, you'll have the help menu in the bottom right corner, where you'll find links to:

- Contact our **Customer Support** team
- **Report a bug**, without leaving the file
- Brush up on [**keyboard shortcuts**](https://whimsical.com/learn/shortcuts)
- Stay on top of the latest [**releases**](https://whimsical.com/releases?ref=hc)
- Access the [**help center**](https://whimsical.com/learn)

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## Summary

1. [Using Whimsical Boards](https://whimsical.com/learn/boards/using-boards)
2. [The toolbar](https://whimsical.com/learn/boards/using-boards#the-toolbar)
3. [The context menu](https://whimsical.com/learn/boards/using-boards#the-context-menu)
4. [File actions](https://whimsical.com/learn/boards/using-boards#file-actions)
5. [The help menu](https://whimsical.com/learn/boards/using-boards#the-help-menu)