Creating PDF Files

Removing Unneeded Pages from the PDF Layout

To remove unneeded pages from the PDF layout, follow these steps.

  1. Go to the document details page.

  2. In “Table of Contents”, click the <1Edit Content> link of the title chapter.

  1. In the editor, delete the object paragraphs you do not need.

Removing Blank Pages Between Chapters

To remove blank pages between chapters, follow these steps.

  1. Go to the document details page.

  2. In “Basics”, click the <Update Book> link.

  3. In “Options”, clear “Start a chapter on an odd-numbered page.”

  4. Click the button.

When you open a PDF or printed book, the right page(recto) is an odd page, and the left page(verso) is an even page. In many cases, a chapter starts on a right page, and a blank page is sometimes inserted before it for this purpose.

Using Arabic Numerals Instead of Roman Numerals for Front Matter Page Numbers

To use Arabic numerals for front matter page numbers, follow these steps.

  1. Go to the document details page.

  2. In “Basics”, click the <Update Book> link.

  3. In “Options”, select “Use Arabic page numbers for the front matter.”

  4. Click the button.

Hiding a Chapter in PDF

To hide a chapter in the PDF file, follow these steps.

  1. Go to the document details page.

  2. Click the <Update Chapter> link of the chapter to hide.

  3. In “Exclude” in the “Style” panel, select “1PDF”.

  4. Click the button.

Hiding a chapter in PDF

Hiding a chapter in PDF

Hiding a Paragraph in PDF

To hide a paragraph in the PDF file, follow these steps.

  1. Open the editor.

  2. Select the paragraph and click the <1Optionscheck_box> icon.

Selecting paragraph options

Selecting paragraph options

  1. In Exclude Element, select “2PDF”.

  2. Click the button.

Hiding a paragraph in PDF

Hiding a paragraph in PDF

Chapters and paragraphs hidden in PDF are also hidden in MS Word files.

Downloading PDFs by Chapter

You can download each chapter as a PDF file from the web viewer. The “CHAPTER_TITLE.pdf” link appears below the chapter title only when a PDF theme and a PDF page layout are set. When you change the content of a chapter, the change is automatically reflected in the PDF file.

Downloading PDFs by chapter

Downloading PDFs by chapter

To use this feature, follow these steps.

  1. Run the Console.

  2. Enter the following command.

set-preference -name SUPPORT_CHAPTER_PDF_DOWNLOAD -value true

The PDF download link does not appear for chapters of the part type.


If you select “Disable PDF download in the web viewer.” in the <Update Book> options, the PDF download link does not appear in the web viewer.