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Everyone has access to three default PDF options:

• Single – Export a version that gives each title a full page

• List – Export a list with titles in rows

• Tile – Export a more compact version with titles in columns and rows

To export a default PDF template,

click the icon of the version you'd like to export

. Your PDF is created by the site and downloads automatically when complete.

Signed-in users to verified trade-type accounts

can create their own custom PDF templates using the Create Template button. Users can customize the page content in

the PDF export, and save

the template for future catalogue exports.

To create a custom

template

1. In a catalogue’s PDF options, click Create Template. The system displays a template creation prompt.

2. Enter a name for your new template, and choose one of the default versions as a base to start from. (See more details in the next three items about the options available in each version: Single, List or Tile.)

3. Click Create to begin setting up your template.

2. On the PDF preview page, click Customize to select the data elements you want to include

1. in your custom set-up

1. .

2. Click Save to save your template.

Once saved, your template is ready for use.

Review the following information for a detailed explanation of each of the base templates.

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

• Customize to choose what data you’d like to include in your template.

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

• Click Save if you are satisfied with your selections

• .

Once saved, you are directed to the Manage Templates page. 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.

If you choose the List version of the export, you have the ability to select the number of title rows on each page.

The List template has five rows by default, but you can increase or decrease the row selection based on the amount of content you intend to include.

• Click Customize to customize the number of rows and what data you’d like to include in your template.

• Click Preview to see an approximation of how

• your selected data will flow into your chosen layout.

•  

• Click Save if you are satisfied with your selections

• .

Once saved, you are directed to the Manage Templates page. 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.

If you choose the Tile version of the export, you have the ability to select both the number of title rows and columns on each page.

The default Tile template displays the titles in a 3-column by

5-row

grid, but you can increase or decrease the row selection based on the amount of content you intend to include.

• Click Customize to customize the number of titles per page and what data you’d like to include in your template.

• Click Preview to see an approximation of how

• your selected data will flow into your chosen layout. 

• Click Save if you are satisfied with your selections

• .

Once saved, you are directed to the Manage Templates page. 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.

Once you or your

Account Manager(s) have created at least one template, you

have the ability to manage them going forward

from a number of areas of the site:

• From the PDF export

• options on

• catalogue views or title detail pages, click Manage templates.

• On My Page, expand the PDF Templates section and click Manage templates. 

On the Manage Templates page, you can see all the templates you have access to, view the set-up details of any template, and edit any of your own templates.

Old templates that you

no longer need can be deleted.