A layout can be directly exported as an Adobe PDF file.

 

To save as a PDF file, select the File tab→Export→Export as PDF File... command.

 

 

The Save Layout as PDF File dialog that appears allows for different options:

 

 

•PDF Filename

 

oUse this field to select the output folder and the name of the output file.

 

oOpen presentation after saving. When checked, the PDF file will automatically open at the end of the export procedure.

 

 

•PDF Options

 

Embed fonts (will increase file size). This option ensures that all of the font information used to make your document look the way it does is stored in the PDF file.

 

 

•Export options

 

oQuality. Set the PDF quality (High, Medium, Low, On-Screen) from the dropdown list. Higher quality documents will have better graphics, but larger file sizes. PDF quality primarily affects the look of statistics windows and gate views.

 

oMode. This option enables single or multiple layout pages to be exported per PDF page based on selection. When Full Page is selected, each layout page will be exported as a PDF page. Multiple layout pages may be exported per PDF page using a preset multiple page option (i.e. 3 Pages with Notes or 9 Pages Vertical) or Custom Grid Options. To export the layout pages on fewer PDF pages, please select a preset multiple page option or Custom Grid by clicking the down arrow to the right to expand the dropdown list and selecting a multiple page option or Custom Grid Options..., respectively.  When selecting Custom Grid Options, the Custom Grid popup window will appear.

 

oFrame Page. Check this option to draw a frame around pages.

 

oCrop To Content. Available when Mode is not set to Full Page. When selected, empty space of the layout page(s) is cropped during the export.

 

 

•Page Range

 

Choose which layout pages you wish to export.

 

 

Comparison of exports to PDF using default Custom Grid Options with or without selecting Frame Page and Crop to Content (Figure 4.16).