How Expressa Made Designing PDFs Easy For Everyone

If you have ever tried creating a PDF that isn’t just a plain text on white background, you’ll know the suffering you have to withstand just to make sure it looks as you would want it to. Not to mention the cruelty of making additional changes afterward messes up all of your previous hard work. Yikes.

Well, worry not! Your struggles with clunky report builders came to an end. Expressa team knows your pain and has built a solution that will make crafting beautiful and professional PDFs easy and intuitive. Whether you are a beginner looking for an effortless design tool or an experienced professional looking for a convenient and reliable way of building PDFs, we are confident that Expressa is the perfect option for you.

Why is Expressa the best PDF builder?

There are many builders that have tried to solve the same problems you are facing in building the PDFs. However, they crucially fail in making it easy to grasp but also capable to create truly high quality designs. Expressa on the other hand, puts you in a comfortable position from where you can create designs that look as if they’re built by an experienced professional.

This seamless experience starts with Expressa’s pixel-perfect layout design that is done automatically. It enables every part of your PDF to fit together in the best way possible. Your photos aren’t flying around or breaking your text the way you didn’t intend - instead, they are nicely laid down like a Lego set.

Other powerful design tools are at your fingertips as well. You could add QR codes, barcodes, dynamic tables, headers or footers and much more. Most importantly, all of these are laid out in an easy-to-understand environment where you’ll be able to create exactly what you envision.

But wait, the best part is yet to come!

All the designs are immediately ready for digital and print use. Expressa’s software uses a rendering engine that specifically ensures your photos and text retain quality no matter where you present them. This is something even professionals struggle with when designing PDFs, and Expressa delivers you a hassle-free solution.

Sounds too good to be true? Let’s dive into the features to see how all of it is made possible.

Automated Layouts Instead of Free Floating

As we’ve mentioned, Expressa’s main goal is to get rid of the inconveniences you’ve encountered with other PDF designers. One of those inconveniences is accidentally shifting elements that ruins the whole document. This is happening because most of the regular PDF design platforms use absolute positioning for the layout of your documents. Expressa on the other hand, uses automated and pixel perfect layouts.

Automated layouts use predefined grids or templates to place elements such as text, images or graphics in a well-organized and structured manner. Everything will snap into the right place on the grid based on the set parameters. This also ensures that there is consistency in the alignment, proportions and spacing, which makes the whole PDF look and feel more professional.

We can’t mention automated layouts without talking about the efficiency that comes with it. Your workflow using our system will be faster and easier when mass creating PDFs such as multipage documents, flyers, brochures or personalized documents. Expressa also uses this system to make the designs responsive and easily adaptable to different sizes and dimensions.

Advanced Features That Are Easy To Use

Usually, PDF design platforms are either easy to use but lack advanced features or have the complex tools but require a lot of time to learn how to utilize them. Expressa on the other hand is both easy to master and has powerful tools that bring your designs to the next level. Flexible headers and footers, QR codes, barcodes, dynamic tables are just some of the features you’ll have on our platform. With minimal effort, you will be able to create essential elements in your PDF.

For example, you could have custom headers and footers that automatically adjust throughout your document for a more cohesive and professional design. Need QR codes and barcodes? They are at your fingertips, seamlessly embedded, with quick ways to add functionality through the user interface. No matter if you’re linking to websites, products, or promotions - all of it is easy to implement.

Another fantastic feature Expressa offers are dynamic tables give - powered by the previously mentioned automatic layout, your tables have the ability to handle data in real-time, adapting as needed, without the need to manually adjust every row or column.

Data Integration for Infinite Document Customization

If you want one reason that allows Expressa to shine above its competition, it is the focus on making the best PDF designer for creating personalized and custom, data-driven designs. That’s why the platform allows you to design with your data, easily injecting the information you need to in your documents.

Producing mass documents with custom content has never been easier!

No matter if you’re producing hundreds of marketing materials, invoices or reports, Expressa lets you easily create beautiful and professional designs with your own data sheets to get a fully tailored result.

This is made possible by the Expressa’s flexible data model. For each one of your templates, you can input your information using the usual CSV format or input sample data that speeds up the design process by working with real-world information as a mock-up. Compared to usual “Lorem ipsum” - this way it is easier to visualize and fine-tune your designs while the final documents show exactly what you envision.

There’s also the feature of powerful expressions, which are used to automate your content. In essence, it allows you to repeat sections or items, access any data property, and transform the information as you see fit. It even respects local settings for things like currency formats or date formats. Your documents will look professional and will be tailored to the region they’re intended for automatically and effortlessly.

Need the process simplified further? Use our API to import CSV that is perfectly mapped to your use case. Precision and data integrity is one of Expressa’s top priorities, which is why the platform will ensure that there are no errors and the documents are generated with precision.

Templates and Rapid PDF Creation

To have a seamless experience for managing your documents, and it all starts with powerful templates. You can create your own templates, and Expressa doesn’t limit the number of them. It also allows you to have them in different languages, choosing the right one when sending mailings to different regions or audiences.

Features like collections and dispatching, give you the ability to use dynamic data placeholders in your templates and automatically dispatch letters online for entire collections. This way, mass communication is streamlined while staying personalized.

Expressa makes sure that the whole process is efficient and hassle-free, from the document creation to the download. Simple upload of CSV data or a call of the API will generate your PDFs in seconds and then, you can download individual files or a complete zip package, with all PDFs automatically optimized.

Try Creating The Perfect PDF Today

Stop wasting your time wrestling with those outdated PDF tools. Expressa empowers you to create professional documents at the highest standard, all without shedding a drop of sweat. It is truly the platform that will be your definite solution for all future projects.

You can try the Free Demo today, and we promise, you’ll get hooked.

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