Advanced PDF Export
ShrekBytes33 downloadsExport notes as pixel-perfect PDFs with live preview, style presets, manual page breaks, tables, and full layout control.
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Export Obsidian notes as pixel-perfect PDFs with six style presets, manual page breaks, full layout control, and a live preview — all from the plugin panel.
Desktop only — requires the Obsidian desktop app (uses Electron's print pipeline).
Features
- Manual preview rendering — click ⟳ Render PDF button or press
Ctrl+Enter/Cmd+Enterto update the preview - Copy content to editor — click copy from note button to load the current note into the editor (changes are local, non-destructive)
- Style presets — six built-in presets (Default, Minimal, Academic, Colorful, Modern, Newspaper), each with a Reset button
- Manual page breaks — type
///on its own line to force a page break - Auto page breaks — optional: insert page break before every
#(H1) or##(H2) heading - Page size & orientation — A4, A3, A5, Letter, Legal × Portrait / Landscape
- Full margin control — top, bottom, left, right (mm)
- Typography — font family, size, line height, paragraph spacing, heading scale
- Colors — accent, body text, headings, blockquote border, table header background, code background
- Heading styles — per-heading bottom border toggles, center H1
- Tables — optional striped rows
- Header & footer — custom text, page numbers (X / Y), position control
- Zoom slider — scale preview 35%–100% without re-paginating
- Pixel-perfect export — generates PDF via Electron's
printToPDF; exported PDF matches preview exactly
Screenshots
Page Breaks
Type /// on its own line to insert a hard page break
Style Presets
Presets configurations can be changed from settings
and more...
Settings Panel
Installation
Manual (GitHub Releases)
- Go to the Releases page.
- Download
main.js,manifest.json, andstyles.cssfrom the latest release. - Place them in your vault at
.obsidian/plugins/advanced-pdf-export/. - Reload Obsidian and enable the plugin under Settings → Community Plugins.
Usage
Open the panel — click the file-output icon in the left ribbon, or Ctrl/Cmd + P → Open Advanced PDF Export panel. The panel opens in the right sidebar.
Load a note — click on a note then click on copy from note button to load the active note into the editor. Edits are local to this panel; they don't sync back to your vault (by design, for layout-only adjustments).
Edit markdown — type or paste markdown in the editor.
Insert Pagebreak - Use /// on its own line for a page break(new page).
Export — click ⬇ Export PDF in the top bar to open a native save dialog and generate the PDF.
Open settings — click the ⚙ icon in the top bar, or go to Settings → Advanced PDF Export.
Settings Reference
Go to Settings → Advanced PDF Export to configure defaults. All settings reflect immediately in the live preview.
Style Preset
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Preset | Style theme: Default, Minimal, Academic, Colorful, Modern, Newspaper |
| Reset Preset | Restores all typographic and color values for the current preset to its defaults |
Page
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Page size | A4, A3, A5, Letter, Legal |
| Orientation | Portrait or Landscape |
| Margins (Top / Bottom / Left / Right) | In mm |
Typography
| Setting | Options |
|---|---|
| Font family | Georgia, Times New Roman, Palatino, Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, Courier New |
| Font size | 10 – 16 px |
| Line height | Tight (1.4) → Double (2.0) |
| Paragraph spacing | None → Wide (1em) |
| Heading scale | 0.8× → 1.2× multiplier on all heading sizes |
Colors
Accent · Body text · Headings · Blockquote border · Table header background · Code background
Heading Style
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| H1 bottom border | Draws a line under every H1 |
| H2 bottom border | Draws a subtle line under every H2 |
| Center H1 | Centers all H1 headings |
Tables
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Striped rows | Alternating row background on even rows |
Header & Footer
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Show header | Toggle the header bar on or off |
| Header text | Custom text shown top-right on every page |
| Show footer | Toggle the footer bar on or off |
| Footer text | Custom text shown in the footer |
| Show page numbers | Toggle Page X / Y display |
| Page number position | Left, Center, or Right |
Behaviour
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Auto page break before H1 | Inserts /// before every # heading |
| Auto page break before H2 | Inserts /// before every ## heading |
License
Open source under GPL-3.0 License