Converting quotes into a PDF format makes it a popular choice for sharing and preserving important information. Sending converted PDF quotes to customers has several advantages that can enhance communication, professionalism, and convenience. Here are some of the key benefits:
- Printability
- Compact file size
- Ease of sharing.
Follow the below-mentioned steps to send a WooCommerce Quote as a PDF to your customers using the WebToffee WooCommerce Request a Quote plugin. The plugin also offers features to download the Quote as a PDF.
- Install and activate the mPDF library to add PDF support.
- To attach quote pdf in emails, enable the Attach Quote PDF with email option. Then, the Quote PDF will be attached to the following email types:
- Quote received
- Quote expiry reminder
- Quote pending reminder
- To download the Quote as PDF, enable the Allow quotes to be downloaded as PDF option. Both admin and customer have the option to download the Quote PDF.
Installing the mPDF library
To email and download quotes as PDFs, store owners must first install the mPDF library. Replacing the default dompdf library with the mPDF library adds additional PDF support. You can install the mPDF library by following the below steps:
- From the WordPress dashboard, navigate to Quotes > Quote Settings > Quote.
- Under the Quote PDF section, you can see an info box. Click on the Click here hyperlink to install and activate WebToffee’s mPDF add-on (mPDF library).
Upon activating the mPDF library, store owners can now attach quote PDFs to emails and download them.
Email Quote PDF
To send a Quote as a PDF to your customers, do the following:
- From the Dashboard, Click on Quotes > Quote Settings > Emails tab.
- Head to the Quotes PDF section. Enable the Attach Quote PDF with email option. Then the Quote PDF will be attached to emails that are sent for the following statuses:
- Quote received
- Quote expiry reminder
- Quote pending reminder
Download Quote PDF
- From the Dashboard, Click on Quotes > Quote Settings > Emails tab.
- Other than Emails, The downloadable links are included in the Quotes details page and in the Quotes edit page in the backend.
- Other than Emails, The downloadable links are included in the Quotes details page and in the Quotes edit page in the backend.