Use this window to export maps and courses to a Portable Document Format (PDF) file.  PDF is the preferred format used by most print shops, and you can usually send a PDF file directly to the print shop for printing the courses and maps.  Additionally, a PDF file can be used by drawing programs such as Adobe Illustrator to further process the courses and consolidate them with the map for course and map printing.

This is what you can do

When exporting to PDF, first select which canvas to use, and which courses you want to export. If you use multiple canvases, create separate exports for each canvas.  The exported courses appear as pages in a single PDF file.

By default, each course is on a separate page, and Condes formats the page size to fit the course.  This option is the common case, for example when printing on a desktop printer or when you plan to use the exported PDF file for further processing before printing.

If you plan to send the exported PDF file to a print shop for printing on large sheets, placing multiple maps on each page, you can select a standard page size, such as A3.  For more optimal use of paper, Condes can lay out multiple copies of the same course - or multiple, different courses - onto a page.  You can for example fit 4 courses of A5 size onto one A3 page.   This option is similar to what you find in the Print Maps with Courses dialog for printing courses directly to a printer.  Condes lays out each page, fitting as many as possible copies of a given course or different courses.

Select which courses to export

Select which courses to export by checking the boxes in the list of courses to the left.  For courses with variations, you can select each variation individually.   For courses with map change, you can select the "entire course" and/or each individual part.

If you have created relay teams, you can select from the list of teams and team legs, and print personalized maps for each team leg.  This can be combined with adding team number and leg etc. on the reverse side of the map.

Canvas setup

From Canvas

This setting controls which canvas is used, i.e. map and which graphics layout is used for the export. 

Export at canvas printout scale

This setting is default on, and this means that the export is done to the configured printout scale set for the canvas.  Uncheck this box if you need to export at a different scale. 

Include map

If this box is unchecked, the map is omitted in the file.

Export all selected courses on one map

Check this box to print all of the selected courses on the same map.  This is intended for training exercises, where you run several different courses after each other.

Print Area

Condes offers three options as for which area to print:

Control descriptions and course symbols (out of bounds, refreshments etc) are included when they fall within the boundaries of the above mentioned print area.

How many of each course?

These settings are relevant and available only when a fixed paper page size is selected under PDF File Page setup. If the standard page size is chosen, the size of each page is adjusted to fit the course

• One copy of each course.  This prints ONE copy of each course.  If multiple courses fits onto the selected page size, Condes fits as many different courses as possible onto a page. 
  If the print area for the course is larger than the selected page size, the course is split onto multiple pages, unless you have checked "Limit to first page of each course".
• Fill page with copies of course.  Fills a page with identical copies of the course (if there is room for more than one copy).

Limit to first page of each course

Even if the course does not fit on one page, only the first page will be exported.

Export all selected courses on the same map

All the selected courses are placed on the same map.  Useful for training exercises consisting of multiple courses

Rendering settings ...

Click this button to open the PDF Rendering Settings dialog box

PDF File setup

       You can choose between All courses in one PDF file and Each course in a separate PDF file.

Page setup

Click the PDF Page size ... button to open the Export Page Setup dialog

Click the Margins and Overlap ... button to open the Course Printout Appearance dialog.  This button is only relevant and available when you have selected a fixed page size.

Reverse Pages

Use this option to print the class name/course name/team name/team number etc. on the reverse side of the map.

Condes adds an extra page after each map page.  The extra page displays the course name and/or the relay team number and team leg, and is intended to be printed on the reverse side of the map using a printer with duplex capability.

You can choose to print the reverse side page first, or the map side page first.  In some cases it works better to print the side with least ink/toner before the side with more ink.