Observed arrival · 2026-10-29

Plate|Fold gives diagrams room in the PDF

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An open-source desktop app and CLI that turn documents into PDFs, giving oversized diagrams and tables pages that fit them.

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For: People exporting reports with wide diagrams and tables
Worth noticing: Its placement ladder keeps a figure inline when it fits, then tries landscape, a larger standard sheet, or a page sized to the figure.

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The export workflow uses a placement ladder: keep a figure inline if it fits, then try landscape, a larger standard sheet, or a page sized to its proportions; surrounding prose can stay on Letter or A4. Inputs listed include Markdown, Word, Excel, CSV, and TSV, with Mermaid diagrams supported. Exports run through the desktop app or CLI on the user's machine; legacy .doc, .odt, and .rtf require compatible installed LibreOffice or Pandoc.

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