The page designer block is part of Airtable Blocks, a Pro plan feature. Blocks let you extend the functionality of your bases: you can use blocks to bring new information into Airtable, visualize and summarize your records in colorful ways, and even directly integrate your Airtable bases with your favorite apps.
With the page designer block, you can create your own custom invoices, business cards, catalogs, real estate feature sheets, casting sheets, and more—all using the data directly from your records. When you're done making everything look beautiful, you can print out your records or turn them into PDFs.
Watch this video to learn more about how to set up and use a page designer block, or read on for further information.
Page designer settings
When you first add a page designer block to your base, it'll automatically open the new block's settings page. From here, you can pick the table containing the records you want to turn into pages.
You can choose the size of the page you want to design by opening the Record size dropdown menu. By default, it's set to Letter (8.5 x 11 in), but you can set it to another preset (like A4 or Business card) or set your own custom dimensions. You can also set the Record orientation to Portrait or Landscape.
Editing the page
Once you're done with the page designer settings, you'll see your page. Of course, it'll start out as blank—to start editing your page, click the Edit layout button (the one with the little pencil).
This will take you into a fullscreen editor experience:
In the blue sidebar, you'll see all of the fields in your table, plus a few other types of elements that you can add to your page (static text and static image). Clicking on any of these will add a new layout element that you can drag and resize on your page. You can also configure the appearance of each element by using the green sidebar that fades in when you select an element.
When an element has been selected, you can also move it around on the page by using the arrow keys on your keyboard.
You can also change the order in which the elements are layered using the buttons under the Order header. The buttons on the left allow you to send a selected element backward or bring it forward; the buttons on the right allow you to send the selected element all the way to the back or bring it all the way to the front.
Static text fields
To intersperse content from your records within static text, type {Field name} into the text area of a static text element.
Linked record fields
When you add a linked record element to your page, you can select one of three modes in which to display information from your linked records.
Inline
Inline mode displays the values from the linked record field as a text string. If there are multiple linked records, the links are separated by commas.
List
List mode displays the values from the linked record field as a list. You can choose whether to display the values as a bulleted list, as a numbered list, or neither.
Table
Table mode takes information from other tables using the link created by the linked record field, and turns it into a grid table on your page. Under the Table Columns header, you can use the Add column... dropdown menu to pick fields from the table linked to by your linked record field and turn them into columns on your page.
You can reorder the columns in the Table Columns section by using the drag handles and dragging and dropping the columns into whatever order you want; you can also remove a column by clicking the X button.
Additionally, you can customize the table borders using the dropdown menu under the Borders heading, or remove the headings from the table by clicking the Show headings toggle.
Viewing your pages
As you're designing your page, the content will be pulled from the actual records in your table. You can easily toggle between which records you are previewing by clicking on the Previous record and Next record buttons in the top bar.
To jump straight to a specific record, click Go to record. This will bring up a search dialog which you can use to navigate to the record you wish to see.
Print settings
Once you've finished designing your page, just click the "Print" button to print either a single record or all of the records in a view.
Presentation mode
You can also view all of your records as pages by clicking the presentation mode button.
