Print Button
Our Knowledge Base has the option to print articles and save them as PDF files.
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Configure Print Button
Optional: Enable the Print Button
If your Print button is disabled follow these steps.
- In the KB frontend Editor sidebar click on the Navigation button.
- Click on the Disabled Sections tab.
- Click on the Print button toggle to turn it on.
- Save your change.
Configure the Print Button
Configure the Print Button:
- Content Tab - text label of the button
- Style - see below
- Features:
- Enable or disable the Print button.
- Print Document Padding Settings - applies to the printed article page when you click to Print.
Toolbar
The Article Content Toolbar contains the Print Button. The toolbar allows you to style all buttons in the toolbar (currently just the Print button).
On the left you can see that the Print button is active (green tab) and the parent container (grey tab) is visible. Click on the grey tab to open the Toolbar settings, described in the steps below.
Toolbar - Button Styling
The available button settings are:
- Colors
- Text Sizes
- Border Settings
Toolbar - Button Format and Locations
The available button settings are:
- Button Format - Show text, icons or both.
- Row - Choose the location of the toolbar.
- Alignment - Set the toolbar location on the left or right side of the article content.
- Sequence in the Alignment - Select the order of all features on the same row relative to each other.
How to Print and Save Articles as PDFs
Print Article
Click on the print button to open the Print dialog.
Print Dialog
When you click on the print button, a popup window will show up. In this example, we are showing the Print dialog in the Google Chrome browser.
1. Destination: In this dropdown you have the option to choose your printer for printing the article, or you can Save as a PDF.
2. Other options in the Print dialog allows you to control the page header, the footer and spacing (see More Settings option).
3. More Settings: control page margin, scale, footer and header, and more.
4. Print the page.
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