Template updates
New features and changes, as they ship.
2026
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Improved HTML-to-PDF rendering
We've just rolled out some major improvements to our HTML-to-PDF rendering pipeline, so rendering PDFs will be faster, more reliable, and more secure. We can now run many more HTML-to-PDF jobs in parallel, so large...
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Template Editor Improvements
We've released some improvements to the template editor. Select Multiple Fields You can now select multiple fields and move or edit them as a group. Use the new "Select" tool at the top left: Field Snapping We've...
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Embedded Template Editor
You can now embed the DocSpring template editor directly inside your own application. This is useful when your users need to configure PDF templates, place fields, and publish template changes without switching over...
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New Field Type: Initials
We've added a new field type for initials: These are very similar to signature fields and share the same API schema. If you use our Data Requests JavaScript library then you don't need to make any changes. If you use...
2025
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Template Versioning
We're excited to announce that DocSpring now supports Template Versioning! This update allows you to maintain multiple template versions (e.g., 1.2.3) and manage a safe "draft" vs. "production" workflow, so you can...
2022
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New Page Size Options for HTML templates: CR80 Cards, and custom width/height
We've added some new page size options for HTML templates. You can now use DocSpring to generate CR80 ID cards: 3.375 x 2.125 in. You can now also select "Custom" at the bottom of the list to set a custom width and...
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Configure Default Settings for Templates
You can now configure the default settings for all new templates. You can also update the default settings for multiple existing templates. You can find these options on the new "Template Settings" page: You can...
2021
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HTML Page Size and Margins
You can now update the page size, portrait/landscape, and margins for your HTML templates. You can find these new options under template settings.
2020
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Locked Templates
We've added the ability to lock templates to prevent any updates. The "Lock" and "Unlock" options can be found in the "…" menu on the Templates page. We are planning to add support for template versions in the future...
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Documentation for "Radio Button Groups" and "Divided Comb Fields"
We've written some new documentation that shows how you can set up Radio Button logic for a group of checkboxes, so that only one checkbox can be checked at a time: You can create a radio button group with a String...
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Support for Encrypting PDFs With a Password
We have added a new "Encrypt PDFs with a Password" option to the template settings. If you check this checkbox and set a password, DocSpring will encrypt your generated PDFs. Encrypted PDFs can only be viewed if you...
2019
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Improvements to HTML Template Previews
We've made some improvements to the Preview tab for HTML templates. We previously rendered the preview HTML/CSS directly in your browser, but there were often some differences between the browser preview and the...
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