From 2f54af4614a195f31f20f66a849bf33f42130318 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hakim El Hattab Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:38:57 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] update readme re: pdf exports #1823 --- README.md | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cb102d7..9d88beb 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -847,10 +847,13 @@ Reveal.initialize({ Presentations can be exported to PDF via a special print stylesheet. This feature requires that you use [Google Chrome](http://google.com/chrome) or [Chromium](https://www.chromium.org/Home) and to be serving the presention from a webserver. Here's an example of an exported presentation that's been uploaded to SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/hakimel/revealjs-300. -In order to enable PDF print capability in your presentation, the following code must be inserted in the HEAD section of your HTML document. +### Page size +Export dimensions are inferred from the configured [presentation size](#presentation-size). Slides that are too tall to fit within a single page will expand onto multiple pages. You can limit how many pages a slide may expand onto using the `pdfMaxPagesPerSlide` config option, for example `Reveal.configure({ pdfMaxPagesPerSlide: 1 })` ensures that no slide ever grows to more than one printed page. + +### Instructions +To enable the PDF print capability in your presentation, the special print stylesheet at [/css/print/pdf.css](https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js/blob/master/css/print/pdf.css) must be loaded. The default index.html file handles this for you when `print-pdf` is included in the query string. If you're using a different HTML template, you can add this to your HEAD: ```html - ``` -Export dimensions are inferred from the configured [presentation size](#presentation-size). Slides that are too tall to fit within a single page will expand onto multiple pages. You can limit how many pages a slide may expand onto using the `pdfMaxPagesPerSlide` config option, for example `Reveal.configure({ pdfMaxPagesPerSlide: 1 })` ensures that no slide ever grows to more than one printed page. - -1. Open your presentation with `print-pdf` included in the query string i.e. http://localhost:8000/?print-pdf#/. This triggers the default index HTML to load the PDF print stylesheet ([css/print/pdf.css](https://github.com/hakimel/reveal.js/blob/master/css/print/pdf.css)). You can test this with [lab.hakim.se/reveal-js?print-pdf](http://lab.hakim.se/reveal-js?print-pdf). +1. Open your presentation with `print-pdf` included in the query string i.e. http://localhost:8000/?print-pdf. You can test this with [lab.hakim.se/reveal-js?print-pdf](http://lab.hakim.se/reveal-js?print-pdf). 2. Open the in-browser print dialog (CTRL/CMD+P). 3. Change the **Destination** setting to **Save as PDF**. 4. Change the **Layout** to **Landscape**.