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| ====== Linking and Viewing PDFs ====== | |
| There are many ways to link, view, or create PDFs in Dokuwiki. | |
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| ===== External Links ===== | |
| The first way to link to an external pdf is to use ''%%[[ ]]%%'' brackets as one would for links: | |
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| ^Code ^Result^ | |
| |''%%[[https://bcarcc.org/twometre.pdf]]%%'' |[[https://bcarcc.org/twometre.pdf]]| | |
| |''%%[[https://bcarcc.org/twometre.pdf|Two Metre Repeaters]]%%'' |[[https://bcarcc.org/twometre.pdf|Two Metre Repeaters]]| | |
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| This works, but notice the "Earth" icon on the left of the link, identifying that it's a link to an external webpage. We can change this identifying icon to a PDF by using the ''%%{{ }}%%'' brackets instead, which are also used for images: | |
| ^Code ^Result^ | |
| |''%%{{https://bcarcc.org/twometre.pdf}}%%'' |{{https://bcarcc.org/twometre.pdf}}| | |
| |''%%{{https://bcarcc.org/twometre.pdf|Two Metre Repeaters}}%%'' |{{https://bcarcc.org/twometre.pdf|Two Metre Repeaters}}| | |
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| ===== Internal Links ===== | |
| These brackets also work for internal files that are stored on our server (like images): | |
| ^Code ^Result^ | |
| |''%%{{/howto/twometre.pdf |}}%%'' |{{/howto/twometre.pdf |}}| | |
| |''%%{{/howto/twometre.pdf |Two Metre Repeaters}}%%'' |{{/howto/twometre.pdf |Two Meter Repeaters}}| | |
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| Using the [[https://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:pdfjs |PDF.js Plugin]], it's also possible to display a local pdf in a window. For example, | |
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| {{pdfjs 600px,300px>/howto/twometre.pdf}} | |
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| gives: | |
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| {{pdfjs 600px,300px>/howto/twometre.pdf}} | |
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| Note, that the width (''600px'') and length (''300px'') parameters are optional. Also, this doesn't work with external links. | |
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| ===== Export Page To PDF ===== | |
| {{ /howto/exporttopdf.png}}Finally, thanks to the [[https://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:dw2pdf |DW2PDF Plugin]], Dokuwiki pages can be easily exported as PDFs using the PDF icon on the right hand side of the page. | |
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| Sometimes, it is useful to add an Export link in the text. This can be done by adding ''?do=export_pdf'' at the end of a URL. Quick caveat: counter intuitively, this time, the ''%%[[ ]]%%'' brackets must be used: | |
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| ^Code ^Result ^ | |
| |''%%[[/howto/linking_and_viewing_pdfs?do=export_pdf |Export This Page to PDF]]%%'' |[[/howto/linking_and_viewing_pdfs?do=export_pdf|Export This Page to PDF]]| | |
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| But to simplify this process further and add the fancy PDF icon, I manually added ''mpdf'' -> ''%%{NAME}?do=export_pdf%%'' to the InterWiki Links configuration file with the PDF icon so that this can be used instead: | |
| ^Code ^Result ^ | |
| |''%%[[mpdf>/howto/linking_and_viewing_pdfs |Export This Page to PDF]]%%'' |[[mpdf>/howto/linking_and_viewing_pdfs |Export This Page to PDF]]| | |
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| Or, if the page to export is the one containing the link, this works too: | |
| ^Code ^Result ^ | |
| |''%%[[mpdf>|Export This Page to PDF]]%%'' |[[mpdf>|Export This Page to PDF]]| | |
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| When writing a page that will likely get exported, it's useful to be able to manually start a new page. The [[https://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:pagebreak |Pagebreak Plugin]] allows this using ''%%<pagebreak>%%''. | |
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| The best example of this is the [[/ecomm/scec |Sunshine Coast Emergency Communications]] page, which was created to be printed. | |
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| ===== Plugins ===== | |
| A full list of all installed plugins can be found at the end of the [[howto:syntax#syntax_plugins|Syntax]] page. | |
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