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Everyone will have access to our three familiar default PDF options — you'll be able to export a version that gives each title a full page (Single), a list with titles in rows (List) and/or a more compact version with titles in columns and rows (Tile). To export a default PDF template, simply click the icon of the version you'd like to export and your PDF will be created and when complete will download automatically!

Signed-in users to verified trade-type accounts will now see a new button beside the default options: Create template.

Click the Create Template button to begin creating a new custom template where you can customize the page content in your PDF export, and save your template for future catalogue exports.

When you choose the Single version, each title in your catalogue will be allotted an entire page. 

As you make your selections, you may want to get an idea of how much space your data will take up on the exported page, and whether you are at risk of losing any content. Note that the one-page space allotment in this version has a hard limit — content will not carry over to additional pages.

Click the Preview button to see an approximation of how your selected data will flow into your chosen layout. 

You can then go back and continue working on your template, or if you are satisfied with your selections, click Save.

Once saved, you can return to the catalogue to export it in your new PDF format, or go back to your template listings to view or act on your full list of available templates.

CataList now supports the ability to optionally add front matter or end pages to any catalogue — and you can now add a custom cover image for custom catalogues! For example, you could add an introduction or provide details of a promotion to the beginning of your catalogue, and a list of your sales reps with their territories to the end of a catalogue.

When a PDF export is called for this catalogue, your custom content will be picked up in order: Cover image; front matter; table of contents (for Single page based versions only); catalogue title content; end pages.

Under the Optional elements header, click the Add button next to the content item you want to upload.

To add a cover image, use the Browse button to browse for an image file. Images must be JPG (must be RGB, no CMYK), PNG, or GIF format. The recommended image size is at least 1400px on the longest side, up to a maximum file size of 5MB. 

If you choose not to add a catalogue cover image, CataList will default to displaying the cover image of the first title in the catalogue in online views, and will create a basic cover layout with the catalogue name and company details on PDF exports.