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Document / PDF Generator

Generating URLs for PDF documents

This tool creates dynamic templates in a document layout, with data from your Airtable records. Once you’re done designing you can generate new documents with a single click, direclty from Airtable or bulk export them to your Airtable using our built-in export tool.

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You can export documents as PDF or images.

Create a Document Generator

To create a new tool, follow the instructions on

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Design Library

Click the libary button to see some premade templates, add them to your tools and then customize.

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Components Reference

Within each tool you will find a left sidebar to add components, many of the tools share the same components so we have listed them

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Publish & Preview

As you make changes, the publish button will appear at the top right. To save and publish click this button.

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Once published you can preview your design.

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Open as PDF

Open the current record as an image, to see how the final result will look or to copy and use that pdf directly.

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Adding URL to Airtable

This guide shows you how to generate URLs for PDF documents.

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`View the Guide`⁠
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Download as Attachments

These guides show you how to automate the download of dynamic images (or documents) into Airtable as attachments, using the urls.

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`Airtable automation - paid plan`⁠
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`Make automation - free plan`⁠
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Multiple Pages

When your content exceeds the length of a single page you should see a break appear.

Page Break

You can also insert a page break using the

Page Break⁠

component. Anything below the component will start on a new page.

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Page Options

In main wrapper you can find layout options to style your pdf document.

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Clicking will open some layout and configuration options specific to PDF.

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Auto Page Number

To include a page number on each page of the PDF.

Watermark

To add a watermark choose the background image option.

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PDF Filename

You can specify a custom filename and include dynamic values.

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Create a Document Generator

Components Reference

Publish & Preview

Adding URL to Airtable

Download as Attachments

Airtable automation - paid plan

Make automation - free plan

Auto Page Number

Want to print your doc?
This is not the way.

Try clicking the ⋯ next to your doc name or using a keyboard shortcut (

CtrlP

) instead.