Convert CSV to a Printable PDF Table
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Comma or tab separated rows become a ruled table on landscape pages, and the column titles print again at the top of each new page. Every row is processed on this device, which suits statements and staff lists.
Rows of text in, a proper table out.
Add the CSV or TSV
Drop a .csv, .tsv or .tab export from a bank, a form, a database or a spreadsheet. Its first line supplies the column titles.
Fit the columns
Landscape pages, 9 pt text, 12 mm margins and compact cells are already set. Move up to Legal or A3, or shrink the text, when there are many columns.
Build the table, then save
Rows flow from page to page with the column titles repeated each time. Save the PDF once the page count and size appear.
Exports that need to live on paper.
CSV is the format almost every system can export and almost nobody wants to read raw. These are the moments it needs to become a document.
Statements for an expense claim
Plenty of online banks only export transactions as CSV. A PDF of the relevant months attaches neatly to an expense claim or goes straight to your accountant.
Attendance registers
Export sign-ups from a form tool, convert, and print a register with every name in the first column, ready to tick off at the door.
Stock counts on a clipboard
A product list hundreds of lines long stays usable on paper, because the SKU, location and quantity titles reappear at the top of every sheet.
Query results for managers
Analysts can pass along a database extract as a fixed PDF instead of a raw file that opens with different columns and encodings in every spreadsheet app.
Printed price lists
Turn a product feed into a price sheet for a trade counter or market stall, with the same layout every time you print it.
Snapshots for audits
A dated PDF of an access log or ledger export cannot be re-sorted or overwritten by accident, which is exactly what an auditor wants to see.
How many columns will fit across?
Column widths are worked out from the content: short codes and dates stay narrow while long descriptions get more room. When the columns together are wider than the page, all of them are narrowed and the text wraps inside its cell. Nothing is ever cut off at the right edge, but a 30-column export squeezed onto A4 can end up with columns only a word or two wide.
The number that decides this is the usable width, the paper width minus both margins. The table shows it for the default 12 mm margins. Every millimetre you take off the margin adds two to the table.
Running out of room? In order of effect: delete columns nobody needs before exporting, move to A3, drop the text to 7 or 8 pt, then trim the margins. Compact tables (on by default) already tighten the cell padding and shave the type slightly.
| Paper | Table width | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| A4 portrait | 186 mm | Narrow lists of 3 to 5 short columns |
| A4 landscape (default) | 273 mm | Most bank, form and inventory exports |
| Letter landscape | 255 mm | US paper, slightly narrower than A4 |
| Legal landscape | 332 mm | About a fifth wider than A4 landscape |
| A3 landscape | 396 mm | Wide exports; roughly 45% more room |
Widths assume 12 mm margins on each side.
Questions answered.
Is the first row always treated as the header?
Why do accented letters look wrong?
My whole row ends up in one column. What happened?
What about cells that contain commas or line breaks?
Are numbers formatted or aligned?
Can it handle a very large CSV?
Which alphabets print correctly?
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