Export Obsidian notes as pixel-perfect PDFs with seven style presets, manual page breaks, full layout control, and a live preview — all from a full-screen modal panel.
Desktop only — requires the Obsidian desktop app (uses Electron's print pipeline).
- Live preview — markdown editor on the left, paginated page preview on the right; render with ⟳ Render PDF or
Ctrl+Enter - Auto-loads active note — opening from a note's right-click menu or command palette pre-fills the editor (edits are local, non-destructive)
- Seven style presets — Default, Minimal, Academic, Colorful, Modern, Newspaper, Dark
- Page breaks —
///on its own line for a manual break; optionally auto-insert before every H1 or H2 - Page size & orientation — A4, A3, A5, Letter, Legal × Portrait / Landscape
- Full layout control — margins, font family/size/line height, paragraph spacing, heading scale, code font size, colors, heading borders, striped tables
- Header & footer — custom text, page numbers (X / Y), alignment, and first-page control
Type /// on its own line, or click Insert Page Break in the toolbar.
Search for Advanced PDF Export in Settings → Community Plugins → Browse, then install and enable it.
- Go to the Releases page.
- Download
main.js,manifest.json, andstyles.cssfrom the latest release. - Place them in your vault at
.obsidian/plugins/advanced-pdf-export/. - Reload Obsidian and enable the plugin under Settings → Community Plugins.
Open the panel — right-click any .md file in the file explorer, or use Ctrl/Cmd+P → Advanced PDF Export: Open Panel. The panel opens as a full-screen modal and auto-loads the target note.
Edit markdown — type or paste markdown in the left editor. Changes are not synced back to your vault.
Insert a page break — type /// on its own line, or click Insert Page Break in the topbar. Use --- for a horizontal rule.
Render the preview — click ⟳ Render PDF or press Ctrl+Enter / Cmd+Enter.
Change style or page settings — use the Style, Size, and Orient dropdowns in the topbar. Changes re-render automatically.
Export — click ⬇ Export PDF to open a native save dialog and write the PDF to disk.
Open settings — click the ⚙ icon in the topbar, or go to Settings → Advanced PDF Export.
All settings take effect after closing the settings panel.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Preset | Style theme: Default, Minimal, Academic, Colorful, Modern, Newspaper, Dark |
| Reset Preset | Restores all typographic and color values for the current preset to defaults |
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Page size | A4, A3, A5, Letter, Legal |
| Orientation | Portrait or Landscape |
| Margins (Top / Bottom / Left / Right) | In mm |
| Setting | Options |
|---|---|
| Font family | Georgia, Times New Roman, Palatino, Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, Courier New, Custom |
| Custom font name | Any CSS font-family value (e.g. Inter, sans-serif); font must be installed on your system |
| Font size | 10 – 16 px |
| Code font size | 0.75em – 1.00em |
| Line height | Tight (1.4) → Double (2.0) |
| Paragraph spacing | None → Wide (1em) |
| Heading scale | 0.8× → 1.2× multiplier applied to all heading sizes |
Accent · Body text · Headings · Page background · Blockquote background · Blockquote border · Table header background · Code background
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| H1 bottom border | Draws a line under every H1 |
| H2 bottom border | Draws a subtle line under every H2 |
| Center H1 | Centers all H1 headings |
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Striped rows | Alternating row background on even rows |
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Show header | Toggle the header on or off |
| Header text | Custom text shown on every page |
| Header alignment | Left, Center, or Right |
| Show footer | Toggle the footer on or off |
| Footer border | Show a separator line above the footer |
| Footer text | Custom text shown in the footer |
| Show page numbers | Toggle Page X / Y display |
| Page number position | Left, Center, or Right |
| Page number start | Number assigned to the first visible page (default 1) |
| Header/footer on first page | When off, page 1 has no header, footer, or page number |
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Hide frontmatter | Strip the YAML frontmatter block (--- … ---) from preview and PDF |
| Include file name as title | Prepends the note's filename as an H1 at the top of the PDF |
| Auto page break before H1 | Inserts a page break before every # heading |
| Auto page break before H2 | Inserts a page break before every ## heading |
Open source under GPL-3.0 License