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Generating Document Preview Before Printing in WooCommerce

Last updated on September 23, 2024

In the world of e-commerce, maintaining trust and customer satisfaction is crucial. Generating clear and accurate order documents ensures trust among customers. Previewing documents before printing them helps reduce errors and ensure that all elements are correctly formatted. WebToffee’s WooCommerce PDF Invoices, Packing Slips, and Credit Notes add-on supports the preview before printing option that helps store owners preview order documents before printing them. We’ll discuss this in detail in the following article.

Below are the brief steps involved:

  1. Find the Preview before printing option.
  2. Enable the Preview before printing option.
  3. Save the Settings.

Generating preview before printing

This feature lets store owners preview order documents before printing them. This helps eliminate errors and ensures all the required details are in the document.

Step 1: Find the Preview before printing option

  1. Navigate to Invoice/Packing > General Settings > Advanced from the WordPress dashboard.
  2. Find the Preview before printing option.
Finding the Preview before printing option
Finding the Preview before printing option

Step 2: Enable the Preview before printing option

  1. Enable the option by marking the checkbox next to it.
Preview before printing enabled
Preview before printing enabled

Step 3: Save the Settings

  1. Click on the Update Settings button to save the changes.

Changes before and after enabling the option

Before enabling the option

When the store owner tries to print a document type, they’ll be directed to the browser’s print page, where they can print the document as shown in the gif below.

GIF indicating the changes before enabling the option
GIF indicating the changes before enabling the option

After enabling the option

When the store owner tries to print a document type, they’ll be directed to the HTML preview of the document. Here, the store owner can review the document before printing it. The gif below highlights the changes after enabling the option.

GIF indicating the changes after enabling the option
GIF indicating the changes after enabling the option