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Improve PDF Export of KB Articles

  • September 1, 2022
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While PDF export is available per 

https://community.freshworks.com/ideas/ability-to-export-knowledge-base-solutions-documents-as-a-pdf-10496

the export is pretty awkward. Images often break and fail to render, formatting is inconsistent or removed, seemingly at random. Additionally, like a typical webpage, you get header/footer information that is not configurable.

My recommendation is:

  • A UI for configuration of the PDF export (either end-user or admin)
  • Export to respect formatting
  • Export to actually embed images appropriately
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patrickc
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  • May 4, 2023

If you’re open to using an app for your PDF export check out the PDF Export app (in the marketplace: for Freshdesk / Freshservice) as we’re trying to improve the PDF export experience in Freshdesk/Freshservice. We do support formatting and embedding images, and header and footer configuration is next on our roadmap


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I’d like this improved as well.


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  • January 9, 2025

I often get image errors when exporting files.

Quick Draw


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We’d like this feature to deploy offline guides to our users. Any news?


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  • March 27, 2025
patrickc wrote:

If you’re open to using an app for your PDF export check out the PDF Export app (in the marketplace: for Freshdesk / Freshservice) as we’re trying to improve the PDF export experience in Freshdesk/Freshservice. We do support formatting and embedding images, and header and footer configuration is next on our roadmap

This looks like a good app but you have to pay per agent.  We have a lot of agents but only need to export the docs twice a year when we validate new releases.


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BeckyBex wrote:
patrickc wrote:

If you’re open to using an app for your PDF export check out the PDF Export app (in the marketplace: for Freshdesk / Freshservice) as we’re trying to improve the PDF export experience in Freshdesk/Freshservice. We do support formatting and embedding images, and header and footer configuration is next on our roadmap

This looks like a good app but you have to pay per agent.  We have a lot of agents but only need to export the docs twice a year when we validate new releases.

Right I agree. Any updates on this @fresh service? We need these offline copies and the current copy/past or ctrl+p is not good at all. The formatting is off and it’s not a good experience.


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