A document is made of blocks: paragraphs, tables, pictures, fields. The Blocks panel on the left lists them in seven groups; search finds one by name or by what it is for.
Click a block to add it: it goes into the selected box, or after the selected block. The page numbers, the headers and the footers are not blocks: they are set in Page settings.
Text
Text
A paragraph.
Heading
A section title, levels 1 to 6; headings make the PDF’s outline and bookmarks.
Link
Text that opens an address.
Quote
An indented quotation.
Callout
A coloured box for a note.
Date
Today’s date, written as the document’s language writes dates.
Address block
A postal address on several lines.
Footnote
A note at the foot of the page, numbered, with its call in the text.
Drop cap paragraph
A paragraph whose first letter is three lines tall.
Text in columns
One text running through two columns.
Code block
Code in a fixed-width font.
Data
Table
Rows and columns. Tab in the last cell adds a row; a table that runs onto the next page repeats its header row.
List
A bulleted or numbered list.
Label and value
“Label: value” on one line, as on an invoice.
Chart
A bar, line, pie or donut chart, edited as a table of values.
Table of contents
The headings, with their page numbers.
Layout
Box
Holds blocks together, to move or style them as one.
Two columns, Three columns
Side by side, equal widths.
Row, Column
Blocks side by side, or stacked.
Grid
Blocks in rows and columns.
Horizontal line
A thin rule between blocks.
Empty space
A gap of a set height.
Page break
What follows starts a new page.
Pictures
Image
A photo or a logo, from your computer or your Library.
Icon
An icon, outlined or filled.
Drawing
A freehand sketch.
Form to fill in
Short answer, Long answer
One line, or several.
Email, Phone, Number, Date field
An answer of that kind.
Checkbox
One box to tick.
One of several, Several of several
A list of choices to pick one from, or any number.
Dropdown
One choice from a menu.
Signature field
A place to sign the PDF.
Signing and codes
Signature
Signed here, typed or drawn, with a stamp of who signed and when.
Line to sign by hand
An underlined place to sign the printed page.
QR code
A QR code from an address or a text.
Barcode
A one-dimensional barcode: Code 128, EAN, UPC and others.
