Pagina
aceofspadesomelette5 downloadsPagina: export notes to PDF on desktop, with page size, margins, headers, and footers.
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Export the open note to PDF on desktop. You can set the page size, margins, headers, and footers.
Export is desktop only. Mobile export is turned off until it is reliable.
Open a note, then use the ribbon icon Pagina: Export to PDF, the command Export current note to PDF, or Export to PDF (pagina) in the file menu or the editor menu. On desktop, Pagina can open a Save dialog.
The export window previews the note as the page or as PDF pages. The page is light, and text and controls are adjusted so they stay readable when Obsidian is in dark mode.
What you can set
Open Settings → Pagina, or change the same options in the export window.
- Page size, portrait or landscape, margins, and downscale. Portrait is the default.
- The file name as a title at the top of the export
- Whether Heading 1 starts a new page, and whether it is centered or underlined
- A header and a footer, each with left, center, and right text
- Border style and color for the header and footer
- Font and text color. A blank font uses the vault’s text font, including a font installed for the vault.
- PDF preview, printed backgrounds, the outline, metadata, and a timestamp on the file name
- Whether to open the PDF after export
Under Backup, Export settings and Import settings save or restore that configuration as pagina-settings.json.
Header and footer tokens
| Token | Result |
|---|---|
{{title}} |
Note name |
{{filename}} |
File name |
{{page}} |
Current page |
{{pages}} |
Page count |
{{date}}, {{time}}, {{datetime}} |
Local date and time |
{{datetime:YYYY-MM-DD}} |
A chosen format |
{{property:key}} |
A property from the note’s properties |
Date formats include EPOCH, YYYYMMDD, YYYY-MM-DD, YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS, YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM, and YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.