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== Download documents ==

To download a document in PDF, ODF or DocBook format of a single article, just go to the article page and click on the "Download as ..." inside the toolbox.

To download a document in PDF, ODF or DocBook format of a single article, just go to the article page and click on the "Download as ..." inside the toolbox. {{Warning|This site uses the public PediaPress render server. That server is often overloaded. If you receive an "Error: document not rendered" error, just try to download again.}}

To download an entire collection as a document, go to the [[Special:Collection]] page, choose the desired format and click the "Download" button.

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== Improving the output ==

Some articles use wikitext that is not ideal for producing PDFs. One important special case is the use of templates that should look different or be omitted in PDF output.

Some articles use wikitext that is not ideal for producing PDFs. For inline or block content that you do not want to print, simply add the '''"noprint"''' class. For example, see the [[Used car checklist]] which uses this technique in both the intro section and the outro sections. One important special case is the use of templates that should look different or be omitted in PDF output.

For example all navigational templates should be excluded from PDFs by adding them to the [[:Category:Exclude in print|Exclude in print]] category (see below).

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 == Download documents ==
-To download a document in PDF, ODF or DocBook format of a single article, just go to the article page and click on the "Download as ..." inside the toolbox.
+To download a document in PDF, ODF or DocBook format of a single article, just go to the article page and click on the "Download as ..." inside the toolbox. {{Warning|This site uses the public PediaPress render server.  That server is often overloaded.  If you receive an "Error: document not rendered" error, just try to download again.}}
 To download an entire collection as a document, go to the [[Special:Collection]] page, choose the desired format and click the "Download" button.
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 == Improving the output ==
-Some articles use wikitext that is not ideal for producing PDFs. One important special case is the use of templates that should look different or be omitted in PDF output.
+Some articles use wikitext that is not ideal for producing PDFs. For inline or block content that you do not want to print, simply add the '''"noprint"''' class.  For example, see the [[Used car checklist]] which uses this technique in both the intro section and the outro sections.  One important special case is the use of templates that should look different or be omitted in PDF output.
 For example all navigational templates should be excluded from PDFs by adding them to the [[:Category:Exclude in print|Exclude in print]] category (see below).