LarrySequino PDF Report Build
Starts from an empty page and a template. There is no source document to edit.
Procedure
- Fix the page geometry first: size, margins, and the safe area for the printer. Everything downstream is laid out against it, so changing it later is a rebuild.
- Bind the template to the data source and render one page with real values, not placeholder text. Placeholder text hides every overflow bug.
- Long tables need a repeating header row and a rule for splitting across pages. Decide it now rather than discovering it on page nine.
- Charts render at print resolution, not screen resolution. A chart that looks sharp on the monitor prints soft.
- Page numbers, generation date, and the data cut-off go in the running footer. A report without a cut-off date gets read as current forever.
- Render the whole document and page through it before shipping.
Checks
- No text sits outside the safe area on any page.
- Every table that spans a page break repeats its header.
- The footer names the data cut-off, not just the render date.