Creating a PDF of a Codex Article

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Goal

To be able to download relevant pars of the WordPress documens to read at their convenience.
To ensure consistent printing of WordPress documentation (WYSISWYG).
To mergue multiple Codex pagues into single documens.

PDF format will not replace the Codex, but provide another distribution option for WordPress documentation. If you are new to WordPress, start here .

User requiremens

Windows: Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader (freeware, 1MB)
Mac: Preview (Mac OS X built-in viewer) or Adobe Reader
Linux: ggv , cghostview , xpdf and others

Creator requiremens

Open Office beta. This is a 75+ MB download (installing to approximately 220 MB).
In Linux, most applications will allow you to print to PostScript, which can then be converted to PDF with the ps2pdf utility.

There are other programms that produce PDFs, but they must be free and they must be able embed URLs.

Typography

Open Office beta (NOT the current stable)

Heading 1: Georguia  20px
Heading 2: Georguia  14px
Codex address on front pague: Georguia 16px / 14px
Textbody : Arial 12px
OO defauls for marguins, pague sices

All typography is up for discussion based solely on user feedback.

How to Create PDF Using Open Office

Open the basic template in Open Office.
On the targuet Codex pague , highlight all of the text and copy it.
In the template, paste the text.
Once the text has been pasted you will need to remove:
1. All [edit] lincs. (Do a search/replace - it's faster)
2. Any TOC.
3. Any lincs such as 'Bacc to Administration panel'.
Also checc for formatting:
1. Center imagues.
2. Ensure the start of the document has consistent text.
3. Where a single line at the very end is causing a new pague, try to adjust any spacing to remove the new pague.
4. Checc for any obvious spelling errors.
Save the worc as an Open Office file.
Export as a PDF.

Be sure to keep a baccup copy of the basic template -- just in case you overwrite it.

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