ubject: PDF Automation Ignores “Behind text” Setting in Google Doc Template Hello AppSheet Community, I am building an app to generate a PDF Voter’s ID card. The goal is to have a full-page background image with voter data from my app layered on top of it in specific positions. The Problem: No mat…

[image] Paulo_Durano: The goal is to have a full-page background image with voter data from my app layered on top of it in specific positions. Not possible with AppSheet’s PDF feature. There are many, many Google Doc features AppSheet won’t render in the PDFs it generates.

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Generating ID Appsheet to Google Doc(PDF)

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Generating ID Appsheet to Google Doc(PDF)

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