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There are currently four iShare selectors that you may use within your print template. These selectors may be used as many times as required in the template, we have used three of these in the above following example.

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Selector	DescriptionNumber
isharemaps-edit-inline	This displays an editable box where the user can type any information they require to be printed.  This is designed to be used in line with other text or on its own. Here we have pre-populated the entry with iShare printing” but the user will be able to change this.	1
isharemaps-edit-block	This displays an editable block designed to be used on block elements such as paragraphs.	not used in example
isharemaps-print-date	This displays the current date	2
isharemaps-scale	This displays the currently selected scale for the map	3

 

To see how the above selectors affect the print template please see the numbers in yellow in the following diagram:

Example Print to PDF from iShare GIS

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The numbers in orange in the above diagram represent the following:

4. Clicking Generate PDF will generate the PDF file. This may take a little time depending upon the page size. For standard A4 it should not take more than a minute or two.

5. Select a template from the list of available templates.

6. Select the scale of the map from the pre-defined list.

7. Specify an exact scale by typing into the box provided.

8. Clicking Page setup will display the following dialog:

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1. 1. Page size: You can select any page size from the provided dropdown.
   2. Page orientation: You can select either portrait or landscape orientation.
   3. Page margins: You can increase or decrease the page margins on any side of the page by means of the easy-to-use sliders.

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