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title: How to Create PDF Feed for Form Submissions?
description: "[Paymattic](https://paymattic.com/) allows you to generate a PDF feed for your form submission i.e., users will get a PDF file in their email after their form submission. This article will guide you on how to create a PDF Feed in Paymattic. …"
url: "https://paymattic.com/docs/how-to-create-pdf-feed-for-form-submissions/"
updated: "2024-10-18"
category: Form Editor
---

# How to Create PDF Feed for Form Submissions?

[Paymattic](https://paymattic.com/) allows you to generate a PDF feed for your form submission i.e., users will get a PDF file in their email after their form submission. This article will guide you on how to create a PDF Feed in Paymattic. 

## Install and Activate PDF Feed

To Activate the PDF Feed in Paymattic you need to Install & Activate the Fluent PDF add-on To learn how to install and activate Fluent PDF, follow the steps accordingly – 

First, go to **Settings** from the **Paymattic Navbar**, open the **PDF Settings**tab from the left sidebar, and click the **Install & Activate** **Fluent PDF**button. 

This add-on needs to be installed the first time you integrate with Fluent PDF.

![](https://paymattic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Install-Activate-Fluent-PDF--scaled.webp)

Go to the **Fluent PDF Dashboard** link

![](https://paymattic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Go-to-fluent-pdf-dashboard-link-scaled.webp)

Click the**Install Fonts**button to install the required pdf fonts.

![](https://paymattic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Install-Fonts.webp)

Your Fluent PDF Module is active so you can use the PDF Feed of Paymattic now.

![](https://paymattic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/PDF-Module.webp)

## Set up PDF Feed

Once you install and activate Fluent PDF, return to the **Settings** from the **Paymattic Navbar**, open the **PDF Settings**tab from the left sidebar, and the**PDF Settings** page will appear.

Here, on this page, you will get different settings options to set up the appearance of your PDF Feed according to your preference. These are:

- **Paper Size**: Here, you will get all available formats for PDF, select one according to your needs from the dropdown list. We recommend the default one.
- **Orientation**: You can select the orientation between Portrait and Landscape.
- **Font Family**: Select the desired Font from here.
- **Font Size**: Set the desired Font size here.
- **Font Color**: This color is used for the Font you selected.
- **Heading Color**: This color is used for the PDF Form Heading.
- **Accent Color**: The accent color is used for the Borders, Breaks, etc.
- **Language Direction**: With this option, you can select the writing style (starting from Left to Right or Right to Left) of your PDF Form.

Once you complete setting up, click the **Save Settings** button to save all your changes.

![](https://paymattic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/PDF-Settings-page-scaled.webp)

## Add PDF Feed in a Form

First, go to **All Forms**from the **Paymattic Navbar,**choose any existing **Form** you wish to work on, and click the**Pencil/Editor**icon.

If you do not have any existing forms, read these [Create a Form from Scratch](https://paymattic.com/docs/how-to-create-a-form-from-scratch-with-paymattic/) or [Create a Form using Templates](https://paymattic.com/docs/simple-form-templates/) documentation.

For example, I choose the **PDF Form**to show the process.

![](https://paymattic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Open-desired-form-scaled.webp)

From the Editor page, go to **Settings**, open the **PDF Feeds** tab, and click the **+ Add PDF Feed** button. 

![](https://paymattic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Add-PDF-Feed-button-scaled.webp)

Now a popup will arrive with two default templates. Select the template as per your need.

Remember, the Invoice Template will only come if you have any **Payment Submissions**in your [Payment Form](https://paymattic.com/docs/how-to-create-your-first-payment-form-in-a-minute-and-accept-payments-with-paymattic/).

![](https://paymattic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Invoice-template.webp)

### PDF Feed Customization

Now you will see the customization options for your chosen PDF Template Feed. You can add your business information customer information, invoice body, and a lot of fields for PDF feed customization. 

Also, you can use here some **Shortcodes** for your fields to gather the information. 

Click the **Save Feed** button when the change is done the PDF Feed will be added to your form.

![](https://paymattic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/PDF-Contents-page.webp)

Here another option for you is **Appearance** which is for the invoice design, color, font, and logo watermark, also you can add a password to your PDF invoice. 

Click the **Save Feed** button when the change is done and the PDF Feed will be added to your form.

![](https://paymattic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Appearance-page.webp)

Once you have done customization and added the PDF Feed, go to the **Entries** section of the chosen form. 
Now, select any submission entry you wish to work on and click the View Details button of that entry.

![](https://paymattic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Entries-View-Details-scaled.webp)

From here you will get the **Download** option for your PDF Feed to see the preview of the Feed. 

![](https://paymattic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Pdf-download-option-scaled.webp)

## Add PDF Feed into Admin/User Email

To learn how to add PDF Feed into Admin/User Email for a specific Paymattic Form, follow the steps with the screenshots below –

To send the previously added PDF Feed through Emails to the **Admin** or the **User**, go to the **Email** section of the chosen form and click on the **Pencil Icon** button.

For example, I selected the **Admin Email Notification** to show the process. To learn more about Email Notification, read this [Documentation](https://paymattic.com/docs/how-to-setup-email-notifications-in-paymattic-wordpress-plugin/).

![](https://paymattic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Email-Notifications-scaled.webp)

Here, you will see all the details and options for your Email Notifications, now scroll down, and you will see the option for**PDF Attachments**.

If your form contains Payment entries then you will see a PDF option like **Invoice** otherwise there will be always a General PDF attachment available here to add to your Email.

Check the box and click the **Update** button to save your changes. 

And, your PDF Feed will be added to the Admin Email Notification. Now, whenever a user submits the form this PDF Feed will be sent to the Admin Email.

![](https://paymattic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Check-the-PDF-Attachments-section-scaled.webp)

This is how you can create, download, and send on Email a PDF Template feed in your Paymattic.
If you have any further questions, concerns, or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact our [@support team](https://wpmanageninja.com/support-tickets/?utm_source=wpmn&utm_medium=home&utm_campaign=site#/). Thank you.