What are PDF Designer Global Settings?

Have more questions? Submit a request

Global Settings are settings that you can apply across the whole PDF to save you time and ensure consistent formatting.

Global Settings

On the far left side of the PDF Designer, select the gear icon and expand the Global Settings drop down to open them in the left panel.

If you want to turn off Global Settings at the field, column, or table level, select the specific field/column/table and uncheck the box by Use Global Settings.

General
PDF Designer_Global Settings.png
Page Orientation

Determines the directionaly layout of the page, either Portrait or Landscape.

Font

Arial, Courier, Helvetica, and Times New Roman are the four fonts available.

Text Color

Select the colored block to launch the color picker. Alternatively, type or copy and paste hexadecimal codes to the right of the color picker to more specifically edit the text color.

Text Size

Drag the selector to the right for larger text and to the left for smaller text. The minimum text size is 7px and the maximum size is 42px. 16px is comparable to the common 12pt font.

Vertical Spacing

Drag the selector to the right for wider spacing between fields or to the left for less spacing between fields. Vertical space can be reduced to minimum of 0px or increased to a maximum of 20px.

Snap Column
Borders

Toggle this on to make it easy to align column borders with the columns that are in the sections directly above or directly below the column you are manipulating.

Page Number

Toggle on to display page numbers in the lower right corner of every page of the PDF output.

Fields
PDF Designer_Global Settings_Fields.png
Borders

Defaulted to no borders, you can add borders to all fields in your design by selecting any of the three border options, which will turn blue when selected.

Show Labels

Field labels are all visible by default and toggling this setting off will remove them from the PDF.

Loops
PDF Designer_Global Settings_Loops.png
Header Color

Select the colored block to launch the color picker. Alternatively, type or copy and paste hexadecimal codes to the right of the color picker to more specifically edit the header color.

Header Borders

Defaulted to all header borders turned on, you can remove borders to the header cells by deselecting any of the three border options, which will turn white when deselected.

Header Alignment

The Header text defaults to a center alignment but you can choose to align the cells to the left or to the right by selecting the square, which will be blue when selected.

Table Rows
PDF Designer_Global Settings_Table Rows.png
Row Color

Select the colored block to launch the color picker. Alternatively, type or copy and paste hexadecimal codes to the right of the color picker to more specifically edit the row color.

Row Borders

Defaulted to all row borders turned on, you can remove borders to the table cells by deselecting any of the three border options, which will turn white when deselected.

Row Alignment

The row text defaults to a left alignment but you can choose to align the cells to the center or to the right by selecting the square, which will be blue when selected.

Padding
PDF Designer_Global Settings_Padding.png
Padding

Similar to margins in other word processing software, padding is the space that surrounds an object in the PDF Design, such as a field, column, or section.

Did we answer your question?

We'd really appreciate your feedback! Please leave your suggestions for improvement in the comments or let us know what you're looking for so we can assist you better. We want to help, but we need to understand your needs!

Articles in this section

Share

Comments

0 comments

Please sign in to leave a comment.