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Basic Usage

Last updated on
29 December 2018

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  1. Create a new view or use an existing view. New to views? See the documentation of the Views module.
  2. In the view add the display "PDF Page".
  3. Select the new added display.
  4. Select the Style. You can use PDF unformatted to place the fields in no structured way on the PDF. Use PDF table to place the fields in table with a table header.
  5. In the settings of the style you can set up per field settings such as the position, the size of the field, the font and so on. Important: Switch to the "PDF Page" display in order to see these options; they don't appear in the "Defaults" display.
  6. Under PDF Page Setting you can set up the size of the page.
  7. Under PDF Font Settings you can set up the default fonts for the PDF.
  8. Under PDF Template Settings you can set up a background PDF.
  9. To add a page break, you can add a PDF page break field. When this field is rendered new page is added. Reorder the fields if necessary.
  10. You can find also a page number field. You can use it to print the current page number. To position the field in the header or footer, set the relative position in the field settings to "In header / footer".

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