PDF
PDF Generator
Renders the Word documents on its rows — usually Template Merge output — as PDFs with the page size, orientation, margins and image compression you choose.
When to use it
Use it at the end of a template branch, when merged documents have to leave the pipeline as PDFs rather than Word files.
In a pipeline
Template MergePDF GeneratorExport PDF
Settings
| Setting | Type | Required | Default or hint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Page Size | select | Yes | A4 |
| Orientation | select | Yes | portrait |
| Margins (inches) | number | — | 0.5 |
| PDF Compression | select | Yes | medium |
Example
Turning merged letters into A4 PDFs
- Page Size=A4
- Orientation=Portrait
- Margins (inches)=0.5
| Document File Name |
|---|
| Offer_Priya Nair.docx |
| Offer_Sam Lee.docx |
| PDF Status | PDF File Name | PDF Pages |
|---|---|---|
| Generated | Offer_Priya Nair.pdf | 1 |
| Generated | Offer_Sam Lee.pdf | 1 |
Follow it with Export PDF to save the files to a folder, or Merge PDF to put them into one file.
Worth knowing
- Headings, bold, italic, underline, lists, tables, links, images (at their Word size) and the header and footer text with page numbers are kept. Word fonts, colours and exact spacing are not: the PDF uses a clean standard style.
- PDF Compression sets image quality: Low keeps images as they are, Medium and High shrink them for smaller files.
- Rendering uses a headless Chromium (the one VizzDoo exports use). If it cannot start, the PDFs hold text only and the node says so.
- Any .docx on the rows works, so Word File Input or a Loop over a folder of Word files can feed it too.