Wrong PDF formatting

[kilowat]

I am using google doc as a template. In the template I use Justify formatting, but output pdf does not obey this formatting.

There are also other issues with formatting. Is there a way to fix it?

Maybe using MS Word works better?

[WillowMobileSys]

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@kilowat wrote:

Maybe using MS Word works better?

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No, it doesn't.

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@kilowat wrote:

There are also other issues with formatting. Is there a way to fix it?

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The PDF generation is a third party service AppSheet uses.  While they take in the doc as a template, they do not support all of the formatting found in the various doc editing tools.

The best approach is to use tables within the template when you want to control alignment.  With tables you can insert additional cells, columns and/or rows to help.  You can apply table formatting such as widths and heights  to gain finer control.


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I hope this helps!

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[kilowat]

Thank you for the links. I have ended up with writing apps scripts that generate google doc based on my template and the downloding it as pdf. Works perfect.