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.. _introduction:

Introduction
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.. _what-it-does:

What does it do?
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This is a TYPO3 CMS extension that provides various Fluid ViewHelpers to generate PDF documents.
Using the ViewHelpers from this extension you can make any Fluid template into a PDF document.
The extension ``pdfviewhelpers`` is using TCPDF_ and FPDI_ for the PDF generation.

.. _TCPDF: https://tcpdf.org/
.. _FPDI: https://www.setasign.com/products/fpdi

.. _features:

Key features
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- ViewHelpers to render text and lists
- ViewHelper to render images (supporting FAL and image processing)
- ViewHelpers to repeatedly render header and footer
- ViewHelper to render HTML / rich-text content
- ViewHelper to avoid page breaks inside
- ViewHelpers to create a multi column layout
- ViewHelpers to create a table of content
- Load existing PDF documents as template
- Define and apply different text types easily
- Fully customizable by writing your own ViewHelpers
- Supports batch creation of PDFs
- Supported output destinations: string, inline, download and file
- Usable both in frontend and backend
- Rich inheritance based TypoScript settings
- Rich API documentation with lots of examples