Talk:Reading/Web/PDF Functionality/2017/08

About giving feedback

Please read Reading/Web/PDF Functionality and comment on the plans we lay out there, to tell us what you need from the PDF service. We're especially interested in what you need in the future that doesn't exist in the plans laid out there – if there's a bug with something that should work right now (e.g. you get an error message when you try to create a PDF), we need to fix it, of course, but that would have been on the agenda anyway.

PDFs generated from Cherokee-language pages are illegible

Attempting to generate a PDF file from, e.g., :w:chr:ᏣᎳᎩ ᎧᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗ, yields an illegible document where all the Cherokee syllables are replaced by squares. Renamed user 23o2iqy4ewqoiudh (talk) 04:34, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

You might want to add this open-source font to your renderer: Noto Sans Cherokee. It is complete, well-designed and includes the Cherokee characters added in Unicode 8.0. Renamed user 23o2iqy4ewqoiudh (talk) 04:56, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

They do have the fonts but probably in a separate server, the two columns version contains the right symbols. 197.218.80.139 (talk) 06:00, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

The two-column renderer is the deprecated one, and I don’t think that the font it uses includes the Cherokee lowercase. Those can’t be seen in the two-column PDF generated from the page I linked above because it doesn’t support the tables in the page. Renamed user 23o2iqy4ewqoiudh (talk) 08:20, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

Request for better handling of old revisions

The "Printable version" for old revisions of a Wikipedia page contain a red info box at the beginning, where the revision date is documented. Additionally the URL including the OLDID is placed at the bottom of the page. This is important, when I have to document the content of a Wikipedia article before / at an individual date.

Both the one and two column versions of "Download as PDF" doesn't contain an info box at the beginning. Please add this there, too.

The one column version ignores the OLDID - the line "Retrieved from ..." at the bottom of the PDF always refers to the OLDID URL of the newest/current version of the article, and not the OLDID-Revision from which I called the "Download as PDF" function (this BUG does NOT happen in the two column version). Please fix this bug, so that I can get an old revision of an article as one column PDF.

Thanks. 194.59.120.161 (talk) 09:05, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

I did not find any Problem. And the PDF was readily produced. 178.165.128.236 (talk) 15:05, 1 August 2017 (UTC)

I can confirm that when I visit:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stack_Overflow&oldid=771113571

And select download as PDF, that the the single column mode will print instead:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stack_Overflow&oldid=786178721

[edit] reported as  T172488

  —TheDJ (Not WMF) (talk • contribs) 14:02, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Download failed

I downloaded the document "Captain Cook's Journal During His First Voyage Round the World" (1893). All I got was four pages, the title page and tables of content. Epub was file, I got the whole document. Kognos (talk) 09:04, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

"Works" section blank in two-column format

Noticed when trying to print out author's article in two column format. Specifically "Margaret Atwood" that the "Works" section is left out yet in the one column format it is left in. It should definitely be left in with both styles. Tirab (talk) 20:02, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for reporting. This would be English Wikipedia, I assume? Would you be able to tell us which browser, browser version and OS you use? Johan (WMF) (talk) 21:16, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Yes. This is the english wikipedia. I am using Mac OSX High Sierra. Safari 11.0. Also tried in Google Chrome 59 with same result. Tirab (talk) 21:23, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

This article uses a table to create columns, and the 2 column print format drops tables from the print (one of the reasons that we are looking at this new single column layout). —TheDJ (Not WMF) (talk • contribs) 08:45, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback. I understand however I personally really like the two-column format for printing out material from wikipedia. Looks really professional and makes me think of encyclopaedias of old. Tirab (talk) 10:01, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

Blue Hyperlink Text -- (font color and readability upon printing).

Would it be possible to give the option to individuals who wish to maintain the blue hyperlink text in PDF versions? Additionally, is there a way to maintain the blue hypertext even if forgoing the PDF function and printing directly through the server (in other words, if I go to Firefox > print)?

Though a burgundy colored font distinguishes the hypertext in the two column PDF versions, this color is slightly difficult to see, both on-screen and upon printing.

Thank you kindly. WPmechanicalbride (talk) 21:58, 2 August 2017 (UTC)

Who removed the print version?

I want to cut and paste documents into Microsoft Word so I can easily remove unnecessary tables of contents, attributions, and so forth in the final printed version. Now when I click on the printable version link it does not give the less formatted version but rather it goers straight to the print dialog box. I expect that much paper and ink is wasted. Who knows what rubbish that will print!??

This is a retrograde change! 122.107.119.70 (talk) 01:02, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

Not sure what browser you are using, but ALL modern browsers after IE5.5 will apply print styles automatically when going to Print.

Printable version was only needed in order to support IE5.5 and since we stopped supporting that, it no longer has a use. —TheDJ (Not WMF) (talk • contribs) 13:30, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Totally agree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was the most STUPID decision ever happened to Wikipedia.

Previously -- as a USER -- I was able to format the printable version in MS Word for my needs and convenience: like underlining some text I needed, changing the font which is better for my eyes, than Times New Roman, or adding my personal notes in different font/color in parenthesis, etc. So it was much more comfortable for me as a USER.

This "modernization" with the option to print to the equally unusable/rigid MS One Note, or the download in the PDF format, which has many limitations itself, besides both Wikipedia's tries, is the change to the MUCH WORSE USABILITY. You would better provide your programmers with other "play-doh", so they wouldn't experiment with a very well working (sorry, WORKED) features!!! (;'-((((((( 2606:6000:6129:7A00:C182:7027:FB9E:B012 (talk) 20:03, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

Your Pdf creator It's workig good for me

Your Pdf Creator it's working good for me- 1 column, contains images. It doesn't contain all the features of a Wikipedia page, cause it's a little simplyfied

Thank you 189.163.165.233 (talk) 07:17, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

I tried to download PDFs of two articles, "Identity Politics" and "Intersectionality" and neither downloaded at, despite many tries. I don't know if it was my computer or a bug in your programme. It didn't work for me, not even badly. FurnaldHall (talk) 07:41, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

@FurnaldHall Even after clicking the "Download the file to your computer" link nothing happened? Can you tell me a little about which browser and OS you were using? CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 15:54, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

Download as PDF

Why are you bringing back the single column format? Wikipedia used to download PDF in this format, it takes up too much pages with pictures and tables.

The 2-column format is much neater. It would be great if you can retain the 2-column format which I absolutely love.

Thank you 118.200.178.90 (talk) 09:32, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

Page numbering on single column

No page numbering on pdfs generated for single-column view. Think this would be really handy. Tirab (talk) 13:51, 3 August 2017 (UTC)

Hyper-link to references is not working correctly in single column layout

If the user clicks any reference number throughout the article, the page does not scroll to the correct location. This is NOT an issue in the double column layout. And as a side the single column format looks very nice and works fast, thank you to the people who worked/ing on this functionality. Edzavala (talk) 04:49, 4 August 2017 (UTC)

Download on epub

It would be interesting if the articles could also be downloaded in the epub format. 170.231.135.246 (talk) 00:33, 6 August 2017 (UTC)

There is a task for this very feature. It doesn't look very active at the moment, as the focus seems to be on ZIM support. I added a note of your request there, perhaps to spur some conversation. :) CKoerner (WMF) (talk) 16:02, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

PDF download

the PDF download, single column worked well for me. THANK YOU for that capability !! 45.78.135.25 (talk) 05:01, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

He descargado la pagina Virgen de Nuria sin ningún problema. Muchas gracias por esta facilidad Nuria Agustina (talk) 05:59, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

YES 2402:8100:2018:D8E6:C56:D772:F914:E7CC (talk) 08:08, 7 August 2017 (UTC)

single column doesnt work fo me either, double column does 95.208.98.71 (talk) 07:43, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

Hi there Wikipedia , one thank you for the pages . I'm 64 years old male, with diabetes. The info you provide is good, I save pdf's to hand to others in original form and I modify my notes for my use. People trust you and like seeing your pdf's . I found the single column pdf work well for me and gets away from sometimes confusing two column pdf's.

So 1/ thank you

2/ your pdf's are trusted source

3/ single I find best

4/ You provide more help than I originally new about 203.114.166.162 (talk) 03:30, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Just to say that the single column mode that you use now worked perfectly. I downloaded the document and view it with no problem. Thank you very much! EVicab (talk) 14:10, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

The service for single column has had a few interruptions. —TheDJ (Not WMF) (talk • contribs) 15:43, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Both single and two column worked for me. Personally I really prefere single column layout since it's more readable onscreen and it didn't create more pages than two column (ymmv). 81.170.194.176 (talk) 15:59, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Single column didn't work so I downloaded as double column with no problem. after that, single column worked and I like the display much better. 2601:643:4301:3DEF:85A3:ABE0:5497:E2 (talk) 19:33, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

I have downloaded a Drill String article on a single column without any problems. Teh copy is works very nicely.

Thanks Wikipedia for this service. 186.185.22.120 (talk) 17:02, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

I love the ability of the "book" function to make a complete TOC. However, I am no longer making any books, but downloading each page individually, because tables. In the "book" function, even single column files don't include the tables. Also, in the "book" function, single column printing embeds graphics as HUGE images. Double column is easier to read. Single column includes tables. I prefer having all the information from the page. RoadOtter404 (talk) 20:17, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

book pattern needs reform

the single column feature is working best for me but there are still some deficiencies in the book pattern. there are no tables included in the book while they are now accessible in the pdf. please try to include all the data that is available on the wikipedia pages in the book. 47.9.129.42 (talk) 21:04, 8 August 2017 (UTC)

fehlt im 2 Spalten Modus

13 Text- und Bildquellen, Autoren und Lizenzen

dieses ist im 1 Spalten Modus nicht drin 93.192.78.44 (talk) 09:53, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Document structure in downloaded pdf.

Please don't forget to reinstate the bookmarks, or document structure, in downloaded pdf.

Thanks A LOT! 178.165.130.193 (talk) 12:08, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

I think this is being discussed in https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T167210 right now —TheDJ (Not WMF) (talk • contribs) 15:42, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

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The one column downloading worked, but I miss the page counting. 94.145.146.15 (talk) 20:38, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. Johan (WMF) (talk) 21:54, 9 August 2017 (UTC)

Good, good, very good. Thank you 181.234.14.208 (talk) 11:55, 11 August 2017 (UTC)

Rendering failed

Hi there, I've created a book with 233 pages - which may have been a problem. Rendering fails. In everything that I do: download as 1 or 2 columns, with/without index, eBook/text. Is it the length or is the system broken? 2003:C6:2BEA:685A:F0BA:BB50:57C:5167 (talk) 22:31, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

Formulas

Single Column download worked quite well (first try it didn't work, but then on the second try it worked). Slight nitpick: I'd prefer if LaTeX formulas were rendered in a font similar to the on used on the webpages. 82.136.64.19 (talk) 07:51, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

*to the one used on the webpages 82.136.64.19 (talk) 07:51, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

Text style: Including Footnote and Links

I like the main text to be “Times New Roman” size 14.

Title can be larger like size 26. I prefer same text style in the whole article. Then it is “Times New Roman”. It can be centralized and underscored too. Subtitle can be smaller like size 18 and printed in left alignment.

Footnotes I like to be elevated and bold/fattened text like ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 etc}

If footnotes are difficult to see difference compared to main text. You can use symbols like:



‚

ƒ

„

…

†

‡

ˆ

‰

Š



‚

ƒ and so on. Symbols I entered but are missing here on this site were:

Wingdings 129 for one

Wingdings 130 for two

Wingdings 131 for three

Wingdings 132 for four

Wingdings 133 for five

Wingdings 134 for six

Wingdings 135 for seven

Wingdings 136 for eight

Wingdings 137 for nine

Wingdings 138 for ten

Wingdings 129+Wingdings129 for eleven

Wingdings 129+Wingdings 130 for twelve

Wingdings 129+Wingdings 131 for thirteen

I do not like faded text.

Yours faithfully

Anonymous Wikipedia user 83.219.202.139 (talk) 09:16, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

 adjustable font size

Hi.

1. It seems to be a problem. Rendering of book with 130 articles fails. But plain text format does well.

2. Need for adjustable font size (at least 10 to 16 pt) when saving PDF.

2017, August. 109.252.110.174 (talk) 12:05, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

Why bother with this capability organically?

This capability duplicates the capability that already exists in most browsers. Once the Wiki article is formatted in the 'print friendly version' just let the browser print it and select the 'print to pdf' or 'Microsoft xps' device format. It makes more sense to let external companies maintain this capability than to waste your resources duplicating it and subsequently having to maintain it. The capability to produce a pdf may have been unique enough 15 years ago that it had to be separately provided but not now. It's part of every contemporary operating/browsing system. 98.210.102.6 (talk) 18:40, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

When I tried that just now, I could adjust the margins but not the headers and footers nor where they print.

I cannot use "Create a book" for anything as long as it does not retain tables and infoboxes.

Similarly, I do not find "Download as PDF" useable in its current form as long as it does not include headers and footers at least with page numbers and preferably also date and source.

The "Printable version" is marginally acceptable, because it retains tables and infoboxes. It's only "marginally acceptable" for my purposes, because the margins are too narrow for many purposes, and the placement of headers and footers do not change when the margins are changed. Try adjusting the margins to 5 cm or 2 inches on all four sides to see what I mean.

I think Wikmedia projects should have a first class PDF maker that allows users to adjust margins and content and placement of headers and footers.

Thanks for prioritizing and working on this -- and inviting comments from peasants like me;-) DavidMCEddy (talk) 01:12, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Because the generic save-to-pdf capability of browsers and operating systems often results in a substandard output when applied to pages with nontrivial layouts such as wikipedia pages with tables, displayed equations, etc. You may also get different results on different computers because of local settings variations. Also the generic systems sometimes have subtle fatal glitches: For years the Google Chrome save-to-pdf function was, on some systems, producing pdfs that contained no searchable text because of how they dealt with the font specification. It took years of reporting that bug before it was fixed properly. You could view such a pdf and think nothing was wrong, but it would never show up on a search for files on your computer containing the text it appeared to contain. Gpc62 (talk) 20:33, 12 August 2017 (UTC)

"print to pdf" from a browser picks up all sorts of extraneous crap, like the left side menu, and any special messages across the top. And any bad formatting. The "download to pdf" function as provided prints the contents of the page only. RoadOtter404 (talk) 20:22, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

ОТРИСОВКА PDF

НЕТ ОТРИСОВКИ ТАБЛИЦ С КЛАССИФИКАТОРАМИ ВНИЗУ. И В ОТРИСОВАНОМ PDF НЕ РАСТЯГИВАЮТСЯ ИЗОБРАЖЕНИЯ НА ВСЮ СТРАНИЦУ. 12345qwerty1234 (talk) 18:00, 13 August 2017 (UTC)

PDF functionality

The single column function of the pdf download appears to work well and is a welcome addition to Wikipedia. 99.240.84.173 (talk) 21:32, 14 August 2017 (UTC)

Excelente.

Gracias. 179.7.221.215 (talk) 06:07, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

PDF functionality doesn't show equations properly

I downloaded a "Least squares" topic, the style looks nice and most of the equations are shown, but most of the equations arent shown, I just see the LaTeX code to the equation and the icon of a broken image. I have latex on my computer, I dont think I am missing something. Beside that everything looks perfect. 187.216.116.66 (talk) 17:28, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Its me again (OP), I have this problem with single column, but with double column works perfectly 187.216.116.66 (talk) 17:30, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. Johan (WMF) (talk) 18:29, 15 August 2017 (UTC)

New version is better

I prefer this new version of PDF download. I like the new capacity of select the page setting. 176.153.144.124 (talk) 22:19, 16 August 2017 (UTC)

Leider funktionierte es über die deutsche version nicht, zwei unterschiedliche anforderungen, in beiden fällen das gleiche resultat.

Mit freundlichem gruss

Dr.Ulrich Richter, Münster 92.219.148.251 (talk) 14:54, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Extremely long time to print long articles in single column format

Frequently it takes up to 5 minutes to get the pdf output of a longish article in single column whereas double works just as fast it always has.

I like the single column format better so I'd suggest looking for some bug or something that leads to long processing times. If that is a feature of the software producing single column it probably won't be acceptable as a permanent solution. 68.98.170.156 (talk) 01:34, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

This is affecting me, too, but it appears to be random. If I 'go away and come back', the pdf sometimes prepares instantly when I next try 86.178.16.0 (talk) 10:55, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

I can only agree...have the same problem recently, so I re-load and re-load until one re-loaded page suddenly prints instantly. I am not a techno-savvy too much but what I sense is any kind of bug in your one-column download software. Otherwise, I strongly prefer the one-column style, once for an uninterrupted reading flow, twice for the many info boxes which are an essential part of the whole article's information value. I mostly download single articles and sort them into my individual folders. -

Hope you might deal with the printer's glitches at the soonest. Cheers !

And just while sending my comment, I read the RED BOX commenting that my (collective) IP had been blocked ! So this might be one reason for the nearly non-working downloads...?

I'll try sending it again. Palmozy (talk) 08:18, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for your report. Your IP being blocked from editing shouldn't have any effect on this, so it's a separate issue. Johan (WMF) (talk) 11:47, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

The same case, frequently extreme long time to produce pdf - but occasionally normal. Why ? Virus ? wwww server lost the adressing ? Could not found paralel way for packages ? Somebody is controling the network ? 151.0.79.113 (talk) 13:31, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

cette nouvelle version n'économise pas le papier

j'ai beaucoup de difficultés à télécharger le document qui est lent avec Windows 10,

cette version n'économise pas le papier je préfère la présentation précédente 80.236.88.176 (talk) 15:41, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Inconsistent function

Intermittent functionality. Sometimes freezes and will not function. 69.225.129.125 (talk) 16:43, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Didn't Work at All.

504 Gateway Time-out 2600:8806:400:EC:A9C0:7CAE:BF3B:D7C1 (talk) 16:56, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

I wonder if it is a load issue. 174.106.187.107 (talk) 17:18, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

It certainly didn't work. It just sit there 'waiting for ...' 182.19.219.89 (talk) 17:50, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

It didn't work for me either! I was just sitting and waiting. A fix is definitely needed. 2001:1970:5822:4700:31E1:C097:9564:563C (talk) 19:34, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

Today morning was a good beginning, but thereafter pdf works rhapsodic. There are a bottle-neck problems in memory or functions, sorry. 130.43.214.58 (talk) 06:49, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

Desired Features

I have noticed that many graphs are useful for the topic I am trying to teach, while others are less important for an individual plan. It would be nice if we could select which embedded graphs/tables we wanted to keep, minimizing paper waste in the event we wish to print the PDF afterwards. LaTeX is a pain to work with. 174.106.187.107 (talk) 17:21, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

That seems like a very limited usecase, that can easily be solved with a "Save as pdf" and then using a PDF editor. —TheDJ (Not WMF) (talk • contribs) 04:11, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

Do not work at all "save as pdf". The first page ("Nernst" in English) has got only. Software , hardware , personal failure ? 130.43.202.212 (talk) 05:37, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

It does not load pdf 134.61.99.220 (talk) 09:03, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Agreed ! I could certainly use formatting that allows me to put wikipedia tables straight into Excel, so I can restructure the contents to make it useful. Maybe this already exists though and I dont know how to do it. It's not stupid-proof, at least of that I am sure. LukeCapper (talk) 20:48, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

In Excel, if you goto Data, Get Data, From Web, then paste the URL, you can edit from there. :) LukeCapper (talk) 21:25, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Wide table was cut off.

Very wide tables were not showed completely. Their right parts were cut off. 71.207.150.75 (talk) 12:59, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

Thank you. If you see this, can you tell us which article you're talking about here? Johan (WMF) (talk) 14:02, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

Do not work at all "save as pdf". The first page ("Nernst" in English) has got only. Software , hardware , personal failure ? 130.43.202.212 (talk) 05:36, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

rendering failed

i am trying to finish my book creating for my exam open book ref. and i am trying since yesterday and this is really ridiculous , it doesn't work and it always reaches til 87% and then stops, giving this message which i really don't understand

Status: Rendering process died with non zero code: 1

i don't know what are you trying to do guys , but it doesn't work AT ALL 2A02:1810:1C2E:4C00:50FF:9453:8B31:533C (talk) 12:31, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Pictures on top of each other

In "Heilbronn" (German) the aerial view picture lies on top of the map. (PDF 1-column) 91.97.24.3 (talk) 20:04, 19 August 2017 (UTC)

Unable to download single column

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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I am unable to download the single column format but the double column is working just fine. I tried it on 4 different documents and had no problems with the Double Column format. When attempting to use the single column, it does nothing at all. Hope this helps.

Thanks! Seabrooklady (talk) 22:50, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

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Long Delays Generating Single Column (still - again)

I still quite often get multi-minute delays in single column pdf generation.

The double column comes back in a few seconds so, basically, at least for me, the single column is currently unworkable.

I like the single much better and therefore encourage the team to track down the cause of the delay and fix it so we can get the advantages of the single column pdf. Thanks. 68.98.170.156 (talk) 15:06, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

Digital Bookmarks Option for PDF

Former PDF generation of Wikipedia enriched the PDF files with bookmark functionality.

I guess, only few people recognised and honoured this, because they where hidden by default file view properties.

I would like to have digital bookmarks again, becoming visible by using Adobe Reader's command View > Navigation > Bookmarks or File Properties > View Opening Options or so. (Unfortunately I'm using a German version and have to assume English command names).

See more at the bookmark section at: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/page-thumbnails-bookmarks-pdfs.html

See more at the preferences section at: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/viewing-pdfs-viewing-preferences.html Tom Müller (talk) 17:59, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

File Meta Data

In former PDF file generation, the file property meta data was created, e. g. title and author of the document. This was very helpful for desktop indexing and search and finding files, generated by Wikipedia, with web search engines.

See more about file properties meta data: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/pdf-properties-metadata.html Tom Müller (talk) 18:02, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

What about bringing back ePub as a download option?

Downloading PDFs is great and all, but it's easier to read an ePub book on a cell phone while on the go than PDFs. Deltaquadboi (talk) 20:42, 22 August 2017 (UTC)

+ Var-sasha (talk) 04:05, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

Go away, spammer. Deltaquadboi (talk) 22:44, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

epub featuer allready works. See here http://mediawiki2latex.wmflabs.org/ Dirk Hünniger (talk) 14:56, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

+ Var-sasha (talk) 04:05, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

MRHBA 188.227.239.215 (talk) 17:15, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

@Dirk Hünniger, I don't see any mention of epub at the page you mention.

I second, @Deltaquadboi's desire for books in epub and kindle formats. Evanwolf (talk) 16:23, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

+ Var-sasha (talk) 04:06, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

in the combo box "Output Format" choose "Epub" Dirk Hünniger (talk) 16:27, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

+ Var-sasha (talk) 04:06, 19 September 2017 (UTC)

What is the tool chain used? Both the DocBook and DITA can support conversion on the fly to epub, ODT, DJVU, CHM, and other similar formats.

Wikipedia must have an option for epub. It opens up WP to a bunch of attached book readers, and is the only way I can read longer articles on my phone. It also makes import into calligra more accurate, since PDF botches line endings. 75.73.1.89 (talk) 15:03, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

takes a lot of time

It just took more than three minutes to generate an 11 page PDF. Perhaps it might be a good idea to give a hint about that near the [create] button, just to prevent users from suspect an error. 91.53.155.213 (talk) 15:32, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

Arabic Font/Typeface

The Arabic typeface used in single-column layout is messy and cartoonish in my opinion. The font used in the two-column layout is much more clear and elegant and professional. Please give us the ability to choose this font. Also, the text alignment is not set as JUSTIFY and it makes pages look generally more difficult to read.

Thank you, عمرو (talk) 22:50, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

شاه است حسین Domki Baloch (talk) 09:38, 2 October 2017 (UTC)

Single Column PDF download isn't working. Not getting any download.

Single Column PDF download isn't working.  Not getting any download. 100.36.183.59 (talk) 22:10, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

I use," puffinbrowser ", I live in Turkey otherwise I can't reach Wikipedia article, but I still have problems with downloading pdf. Sincerely Halil 101.127.206.22 (talk) 07:06, 4 September 2017 (UTC)

Single column pdf download is not working. 2A02:908:1260:6740:484B:EC38:A9E2:D58F (talk) 12:35, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

Verify the PDF generator by automated tests of PDF documents

As the author of the testing tool "PDFUnit" I offer a free license to the Wikipedia/Wikimedia project to support testing of generated PDF documents.

A very short description: PDFUnit is a Java-API. It can process PDF as files, URL's or byte streams. Parsing left-to-right text is supported. Regions of a page can be declared to be processed or to be ignored. Whitespace can be normalized. Text in columns can be validated. In combination with Selenium it's possible to verify the process behind the web site that creates the PDF. (I have done that.)

From January 2018 on I can support the Wikimedia project by writing tests, but currently I'm fulltime engaged in a project.

Best regards, Carsten Siedentop Carsten Siedentop (talk) 10:24, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Tables are missing their cell colours

Coloured cells in tables are all white in the PDF document. e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#Host_and_device_interface_receptacles 108.181.244.20 (talk) 17:03, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks. Johan (WMF) (talk) 17:04, 27 August 2017 (UTC)

Some text fields in a Table is not converted to the original text and shows a HTML code in the pdf

Some text fields in a Table is not converted to the original text and shows a HTML code in the pdf 156.209.126.146 (talk) 13:03, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for reporting. If you read this, could you tell us which article this is? Johan (WMF) (talk) 13:09, 28 August 2017 (UTC)

Phabricator Maniphest T135643 Show tables in pdfs (#9)

I just received an email from ovasileva <no-reply@phabricator.wikimedia.org> asking, "can we safely close this? (electron has been running on all projects for a while now)".

@Lea WMDE: , et al.: Please make sure that any action on Phabricator Maniphest T135643 Show tables in pdfs (#9) considers work with this "Reading/Web/PDF Functionality" effort. Thanks, DavidMCEddy (talk) 12:48, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

@Steelpillow: added a comment to T135643 as follows:

Can I ask that you keep it open for now? On en.wikipedia, downloading a single page as a PDF now includes tables, fine. But building a PDF book using Book Creator still does not pull in the tables.

Yet, the full problem stated when opening this issue was, "Problem: When downloading an article as pdf or as a book in pdf form, tables of any kind seem to be omitted."

T142202 "Only render single articles, and not collections or books" clearly turns its back on a full solution to the stated problem.

Wikipedia once had reasonably good table rendering in books. If we can do it in a standalone page, why not for that same page when it is in a book? There is unfinished business here that I would like to see resolved before this ticket gets closed.

[copied from an email from "Steelpillow <no-reply@phabricator.wikimedia.org>" by DavidMCEddy (talk) 14:10, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

Just to confirm, the new renderer for books will include tables and infoboxes. OVasileva (WMF) (talk) 12:46, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

thank you

thank you Seyf adin ahnani (talk) 17:14, 29 August 2017 (UTC)

Significant problems with the function used to create PDFs

I think that if you can program the software to just make the photos, graphs, and tables full-size or page size and locate the same on an entire page of half-page most of the problems will go away. 49.146.44.231 (talk) 07:21, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

tarawaratah

It's really worked well. Thank you Tarawaratah (talk) 22:20, 31 August 2017 (UTC)