7 Creating PDF Templates

This chapter describes creating PDF templates for BI Publisher.

This chapter includes the following sections:

• Overview

• Requirements

• Designing the Template

• Adding Markup to the Template

• Creating a Placeholder

• Defining Groups of Repeating Fields

• Repeating a PDF Template by Using the document-repeat-elementname Form Field

• Adding Page Numbers and Breaks

• Performing Calculations

• Completed PDF Layout Example

• Runtime Behavior

• Creating a Layout from a Predefined PDF Form

• Adding or Designating a Field for a Digital Signature

• PDF Template Limitations