Access template settings for PDF builds

To open the template settings for a build:

  1. In the Home ribbon tab, locate the Project group.
  2. Click the top part of the Generate Help button (not the arrow) to open the Generate Documentation window.
  3. In the Build list on the left, select the build you want to customize.
  4. If the customization tabs are not displayed, click Customize on the right.
  5. Open the Template settings tab.

Available PDF template settings

Some of the templates settings available for PDF builds are:

Field

Description

Do not generate bookmarks

Bookmarks won't be included in the generate PDF document

Font fallback name

A fallback font is used when the current font does not support certain characters, preventing them from being displayed as empty rectangles (often referred to as "tofu" or missing glyphs). This is especially useful for languages with unique character sets.
Some recommended fallback fonts based on languages are:

  • Chinese (Simplified): "Simsun" or "Microsoft YaHei"
  • Chinese (Traditional): "MingLiU" or "Microsoft JhengHei"
  • Japanese: "MS Mincho" or "Meiryo"
  • Korean: "Malgun Gothic" or "Batang"
  • Arabic: "Tahoma" or "Amiri"
  • Hebrew: "David" or "Arial Hebrew"
  • Hindi/Devanagari: "Mangal" or "Nirmala UI"
  • Thai: "Tahoma" or "LilyUPC"
  • Tamil: "Latha" or "Nirmala UI"
  • Greek: "Arial" or "Georgia"
  • Cyrillic (Russian): "Arial" or "Times New Roman"
  • Vietnamese: "Arial" or "Tahoma"
  • Bengali: "Vrinda" or "Nirmala UI"
  • Ethiopic (Amharic): "Nyala" or "Ebrima"
  • Georgian: "Sylfaen"
  • Armenian: "Sylfaen"
  • Khmer: "Khmer UI"
  • Lao: "Lao UI"

Hide the cover page

Do not generate any cover page

Hide the table of contents

Do not generate the table of contents

Number of levels in table of contents

Number of heading levels visible in the generated table of contents

Table of contents title

The title for the "Table of contents" text. See: How to localize your documentation output

Use Windows Uniscribe API

The Windows Uniscribe API can produce better looking PDF for some Middle-East and Asian languages. Using it can be slower to produce PDF documents. Note: Only available when the "Use legacy PDF generator" option is off

Chinese (Simplified): "Simsun" or "Microsoft YaHei"Chinese (Traditional): "MingLiU" or "Microsoft JhengHei"Japanese: "MS Mincho" or "Meiryo"Korean: "Malgun Gothic" or "Batang"Arabic: "Tahoma" or "Amiri"Hebrew: "David" or "Arial Hebrew"Hindi/Devanagari: "Mangal" or "Nirmala UI"Thai: "Tahoma" or "LilyUPC"Tamil: "Latha" or "Nirmala UI"Greek: "Arial" or "Georgia"Cyrillic (Russian): "Arial" or "Times New Roman"Vietnamese: "Arial" or "Tahoma"Bengali: "Vrinda" or "Nirmala UI"Ethiopic (Amharic): "Nyala" or "Ebrima"Georgian: "Sylfaen"Armenian: "Sylfaen"Khmer: "Khmer UI"Lao: "Lao UI"

See the How to define build settings in HelpNDoc step-by-step guide.