Export to PDF format

Many print shops will prefer PDF format if you want to print a Floor Plan, Table Chart or Guest Chart to poster size. PDF is a vector image format popularised by Adobe Acrobat. However PerfectTablePlan is currently unable to export directly into PDF format.

Creating PDFs on Windows

On Windows you can use the free PDF-Creator software. Once installed PDF-creator appears as a another printer, but when you print to it it creates a PDF document.

• PDF-creator home page

• PDF-creator download page

• PDF-creator readme file

PDF-Creator is an open source software package. It is available free of charge, but you must obey the terms of the licence. PDF-creator is available under the Gnu Public Licence or the (more restrictive) Alladin Free Public Licence. If you find this tool useful we suggest you support them with a small donation.

We are not able to offer any support for third party software. Use of third party software is entirely at your own risk.

Creating PDFs on Macintosh

The ability to print straight to a PDF document is built into MacOSX, you don’t need to install any additional software.

• select File|Print, the PerfectTablePlan Print window will appear

• click the Setup... button, the MacOSX Print window will appear

• drag the PDF button down to Save as PDF...

• choose a location for the file in the Save window and click Save, the Page Setup window will appear

• choose the page setup and click OK

• click OK on the PerfectTablePlan Print window

A PDF format document should now have been created.

Checking the output

You can check that the PDF output is acceptable using the free Adobe Acrobat reader. Many web browsers can also read PDF files.

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