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Colossus Universal Template: How to Install and Configure

Two A4 pieces of paper stacked on top of each other. Both are printed copies of PDFs generated using Gravity PDF and Colossus.

Colossus is a a column-based premium PDF template with the option to automatically display two, three or four-column layouts – no CSS-Ready Classes required! You can purchase from our PDF Template Shop. This guide will walk you through installing and configuring Colossus to its full potential.

Installation​

Please follow our installation guide, which provides instructions for setting up and configuring your premium template.

Introduction​

As a Universal PDF template, Colossus can be used with all Gravity Forms and will correctly display all official Gravity Forms fields. Because the design offers fixed columns that are defined in the PDF settings, Drag and Drop columns are not supported.

Configuring​

All PDF templates have common settings that can be configured, such as font, security and PDF attachments, and we recommend reviewing the PDF setup guide to get a better understanding on all the available settings. All template-specific configuration is done from the Template section, and below you'll find detailed information about each option available in Colossus, what it does and how it alters the generated PDF.

Main Heading​

  • The main heading is included at the very start of your PDF, before any other content. Merge tags are supported.
  • Leave the field blank to disable.

Columns​

  • Controls the number of columns to use in the PDF. Choose between two, three or four column layout. The default layout is 3 columns.
  • The more columns used, the more condensed the PDF will be. If using List or Likert fields, we recommend adding the full-width CSS Ready Class to those fields.

Logo / Image​

  • This image is left-aligned in the header of each page of the PDF. The height of the image will be no greater than 280px (25 millimetres or about 1 inch).
  • An image 500px wide will be a suitable resolution in most cases. To ensure your PDF generates quickly and the PDF file size stays small, we recommend using an image under 1MB.

Show Section Break Title​

  • You can enable or disable the Section Break fields in the PDF. Defaults to disabled.
  • When enabled, the Section Break fields will be displayed in a new row spanning the width of the PDF.

Show Section Break Description​

  • You can enable or disable the Section Break field description in the PDF. Defaults to disabled.
  • The Show Section Break Title option must be enabled to display the Section Break field description.

Additional Settings​

Along with the options specific to Colossus, the following core settings are also supported:

CSS Ready Classes​

While this template ignores the standard CSS Ready Classes, the following can be added to individual fields in the form editor to give you more control over the rows and columns:

  • row-break – When a field has this CSS class added, the PDF will always display that field in the first column of a row (creating a new row if necessary).
  • full-width – When a field has this CSS class added, the PDF will always display that field in a new row that spans the full-width of the PDF (i.e columns get disabled for this field).

Colossus comes bundled with Arimo, an open source Google web font (Apache License, Version 2.0). Arimo is an innovative, refreshing sans serif font that works great at 10pt with Colossus. Set the PDF font in the Appearance section.

Viewing PDF​

Once you've saved your new PDF you can view it from the Gravity Forms Entries List page.

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