PDF Document Publishing
Publish Content Foundry pages as professional PDF documents with infographic covers, headers, footers, typography control, table of contents, bookmarks, page numbers, watermarks, and password protection. All content blocks render in PDF alongside the full suite of core documentation blocks.
Transform your architecture documentation into professional PDF documents. The same Content Foundry pages that publish to your website can publish to PDF with full document design controls: infographic-powered covers, repeating headers and footers, per-element typography, and automatic navigation features. Every page, every block, every diagram renders in your PDF output.
Professional Document Design
Control every aspect of your PDF document layout using the same infographic editor that powers visual assets across NeoArc Studio.
Navigation and Discoverability
Three features work together to make PDF documents easy to navigate, whether viewed on screen or printed.
Security and Compliance
Protect and brand PDF documents for professional distribution within your organisation or to external stakeholders.
Output Options
Content Curation with Site Bindings
Content Margins
Three margin presets control the space between your header, footer, and content:
| Preset | Size | Best For |
|---|---|---|
| Small | 8mm | Dense technical documentation where space is at a premium |
| Medium (default) | 12mm | General-purpose documents with comfortable reading margins |
| Large | 20mm | Formal reports and compliance packs with generous white space |
Every Content Block Works in PDF
All specialist content blocks render in PDF output. Decision blocks, risk registers, test cases, operational runbooks, data dictionaries, architecture patterns, compliance requirements, and every other specialist block type. Plus all core documentation blocks: rich text, code with syntax highlighting, callouts, tables, steps, card grids, tabs, accordions, images, blockquotes, and more. The same pages that publish to your website can publish to PDF with no changes.
Report PDF Export
In addition to publishing Content Foundry pages, you can export all governance reports as a PDF document. Report PDFs include the same design features as site PDFs (covers, headers, footers, page numbers, watermarks, bookmarks, table of contents, and password protection) plus document verification with a SHA-256 content hash, Git provenance, and an attached raw data file.
Open the export dialog from Reports > Export Report PDF in the menu bar, or search for Export Report PDF in the command palette.
Step-by-step guide to publishing Content Foundry pages as a professional PDF document. Covers the publishing wizard, PDF configuration, cover selection, and output settings.
Design professional front covers, back covers, repeating headers, and repeating footers for PDF documents using the infographic editor. Includes canvas selection, theme support, and design tips.
Control every typographic detail in PDF output: font family, size, weight, line height, letter spacing, and colour for body text, each heading level, and code blocks. Typography settings are independent from web styling and persist across publishes.
Add navigation aids to PDF documents: auto-generated table of contents with clickable links, hierarchical PDF bookmarks, configurable page numbers, and manual page breaks for precise layout control.
Protect and brand PDF documents with text watermarks, password protection using RC4-128 encryption, and document metadata for title, author, and creator fields.
Complete reference for all PDF publishing configuration properties: publishing config (covers, navigation, security, output), typography config (global defaults, per-element overrides), default values, and storage locations.